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| author | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2020-09-29 03:45:33 -0400 |
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| committer | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2020-09-29 03:45:33 -0400 |
| commit | 697c4fdd6530de5e18047986f8a7090159a11b84 (patch) | |
| tree | 9cdf132f4ce1e0461bc5ad4feb04a15e59b1bc81 | |
| parent | f1faf19f402af4f97c3de9d8e7e3c294767ac0bf (diff) | |
mention that Atheros is mostly SoftMAC
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diff --git a/static/faq.html b/static/faq.html index 78455186..27f4607e 100644 --- a/static/faq.html +++ b/static/faq.html @@ -759,6 +759,13 @@ responsible for it due to control over the configuration of shared memory and the complexity of the interface and the OS side implementation.</p> + <p>The mobile Atheros Wi-Fi driver/firmware is primarily a SoftMAC implementation with + the vast majority of the complexity in the driver rather than the firmware. The fully + functional driver is massive and the firmware is quite small. Unfortunately, since the + Linux kernel is monolithic and has no internal security boundaries, the attack surface + is problematic and a HardMAC implementation with most complexity in isolated firmware + would be better than the status quo. An isolated driver would be ideal.</p> + <h2 id="day-to-day-use"> <a href="#day-to-day-use">Day to day use</a> </h2> |