| Message ID | 20210919062432.431077-2-arowa@google.com |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Replace oppressive terms with inclusive terms | expand |
On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 11:24:26PM -0700, Arowa Suliman wrote: > Replace man-in-the-middle with person-in-the-middle which > is gender-neutral. Is that new term used commonly enough to be easily recognizable? MITM is a commonly used reference to a type of attacks and easily recognized as such, but this use of PITM was one of the first times I've seen this new term being used.. The attacks that are being referred to here do not really need a person in the position, i.e., it could as well be a device controlled by the attacker. In any case, I'd rather leave this as MITM to use the commonly used term for this or remove the MITM part completely if there is strong desire to get rid of the use of "MITM".
diff --git a/hostapd/hostapd.conf b/hostapd/hostapd.conf index dbdd3d7fb..fc33587e2 100644 --- a/hostapd/hostapd.conf +++ b/hostapd/hostapd.conf @@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ own_ip_addr=127.0.0.1 #assoc_sa_query_retry_timeout=201 # ocv: Operating Channel Validation -# This is a countermeasure against multi-channel man-in-the-middle attacks. +# This is a countermeasure against multi-channel person-in-the-middle attacks. # Enabling this depends on the driver's support for OCV when the driver SME is # used. If hostapd SME is used, this will be enabled just based on this # configuration. diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf index e3ae77114..702862bec 100644 --- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf +++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf @@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ fast_reauth=1 # WPA3-Personal-only mode: ieee80211w=2 and key_mgmt=SAE # # ocv: whether operating channel validation is enabled -# This is a countermeasure against multi-channel man-in-the-middle attacks. +# This is a countermeasure against multi-channel person-in-the-middle attacks. # Enabling this automatically also enables ieee80211w, if not yet enabled. # 0 = disabled (default) # 1 = enabled if wpa_supplicant's SME in use. Otherwise enabled only when the
Replace man-in-the-middle with person-in-the-middle which is gender-neutral. Signed-off-by: Arowa Suliman <arowa@chromium.org> --- hostapd/hostapd.conf | 2 +- wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)