espressif
WiFi Enhanced Open in soft AP mode (IDFGH-12437)
Is your feature request related to a problem?
Open wifi networks can be insecure to users, since an attacker can eavesdrop on wifi packets in the air. I have an application where I don't want to go through the hassle of distributing a PSK but cannot have eavesdroppers.
Describe the solution you'd like.
I'd like support for OWE/Enhanced Open when broadcasting a soft AP. It already exists for STA mode.
Describe alternatives you've considered.
- WPA - I cannot easily distribute the PSK, so this is infeasible
- Open wifi and HTTPS for this purpose, but I don't want to have to distribute keys and have users install them.
Additional context.
No response
@kevinhikaruevans will wps registrar with PBC help for this use case ?
I don't think so unfortunately. I'd really like to have an open network for this use case.
Hello, I just wanted to see if this task was on the roadmap and when this might get added into ESP-IDF. Thank you!
@kevinhikaruevans , this is a big feature and it's currently not on the Wi-Fi feature roadmap. The ideal use case here would be to have an AP with Open + OWE mixed mode, so that legacy devices (most common case) can fall back to Open mode. But this requires dual Beaconing which is a big requirement for a SoftAP.
