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Intel IWD 3.0 Wireless Daemon Released For Linux Systems


Intel's iNet Wireless Daemon (IWD) for Linux systems is out with a v3.0 release for this featureful and modern alternative to WPA_Supplicant.

Intel's iNet Wireless Daemon (IWD) for Linux systems is out with a v3.0 release for this featureful and modern alternative to WPA_Supplicant. With IWD 3.0 there aren't a whole lot of new changes but besides bug fixes the main addition is experimental support for External Authentication. The External Authentication feature is described in this IWD commit as:"Certain FullMAC drivers do not expose CMD_ASSOCIATE/CMD_AUTHENTICATE, but lack the ability to fully offload SAE connections to the firmware.

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