Fedora 12 Update: wpa_supplicant-0.6.8-7.fc12

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-12451
2009-12-01 03:23:16
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Name        : wpa_supplicant
Product     : Fedora 12
Version     : 0.6.8
Release     : 7.fc12
URL         : http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Summary     : WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X Supplicant
Description :
wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD and Windows with support
for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA
component that is used in the client stations. It implements key negotiation
with a WPA Authenticator and it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11
authentication/association of the wlan driver.

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Update Information:

This update fixes various failures when connecting to WPA-Enterprise and 802.1x-
enabled wifi networks.
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ChangeLog:

* Sun Nov 29 2009 Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> - 1:0.6.8-7
- Fix supplicant initscript return value (rh #521807)
- Fix race when connecting to WPA-Enterprise/802.1x-enabled access points (rh #508509)
- Don't double-scan when attempting to associate
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #508509 - eapol and association race condition
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508509
  [ 2 ] Bug #521807 - Wrong return code in wpa_supplicant init script
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521807
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update wpa_supplicant' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
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