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diff --git a/doc/testing_tools.doxygen b/doc/testing_tools.doxygen index 774bafb..d126524 100644 --- a/doc/testing_tools.doxygen +++ b/doc/testing_tools.doxygen @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \ref unit_tests "Unit tests" | \ref wpa_trace "Tracing code" ] -%wpa_supplicant source tree includes number of testing and development +wpa_supplicant source tree includes number of testing and development tools that make it easier to test the programs without having to setup a full test setup with wireless cards. In addition, these tools can be used to implement automatic tests suites. @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ used to implement automatic tests suites. \section eapol_test eapol_test - EAP peer and RADIUS client testing eapol_test is a program that links together the same EAP peer -implementation that %wpa_supplicant is using and the RADIUS +implementation that wpa_supplicant is using and the RADIUS authentication client code from hostapd. In addition, it has minimal glue code to combine these two components in similar ways to IEEE 802.1X/EAPOL Authenticator state machines. In other words, it @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ could be used to implement an automated regression test suite for a RADIUS authentication server. eapol_test uses the same build time configuration file, .config, as -%wpa_supplicant. This file is used to select which EAP methods are +wpa_supplicant. This file is used to select which EAP methods are included in eapol_test. This program is not built with the default Makefile target, so a separate make command needs to be used to compile the tool: @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ tries to complete EAP authentication based on the network configuration from test.conf against the RADIUS server running on the local host. A re-authentication is triggered to test fast re-authentication. The configuration file uses the same format for -network blocks as %wpa_supplicant. +network blocks as wpa_supplicant. \section preauth_test preauth_test - WPA2 pre-authentication and EAP peer testing @@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ network blocks as %wpa_supplicant. preauth_test is similar to eapol_test in the sense that in combines EAP peer implementation with something else, in this case, with WPA2 pre-authentication. This tool can be used to test pre-authentication -based on the code that %wpa_supplicant is using. As such, it tests -both the %wpa_supplicant implementation and the functionality of an +based on the code that wpa_supplicant is using. As such, it tests +both the wpa_supplicant implementation and the functionality of an access point. preauth_test is built with: @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ pre-authentication packets would be sent using the eth0 interface. \section unit_tests Unit tests -Number of the components (.c files) used in %wpa_supplicant define +Number of the components (.c files) used in wpa_supplicant define their own unit tests for automated validation of the basic functionality. Most of the tests for cryptographic algorithms are using standard test vectors to validate functionality. These tests can @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ exit code if all tests were completed successfully. \section wpa_trace Tracing code for developer debuggin -%wpa_supplicant and hostapd can be built with tracing code that will +wpa_supplicant and hostapd can be built with tracing code that will track and analyze memory allocations and other resource registrations and certain API uses. If incorrect use is detected, a backtrace of the call location (and/or allocation location) is shown. This can also be |