Hi Patrik,

2014/1/7 Patrik Flykt <[email protected]>

>
>         Hi,
>
> On Mon, 2014-01-06 at 16:06 +0800, Chengyi Zhao wrote:
>
> > Yes, user shouldn't connect a WEP encrypted WiFi network, and this is
> > a ConnMan's design practice, it is very good, but the downstream
> > product need to support the user case  which user connects a WEP
> > encrypted AP.
> >
> > So I will modify this patch, add a new flag to request the WEP
> > passphrase, and only merge it to the downstream product.
>
> I don't see how a flag would help you with anything here. Please do not
> add such unreviewed code to any downstream product, I have severe doubts
> of it working in the first place
>
> AFAIK the only way to detect an invalid WEP key is the following:
>
> >> The approximately only way of detecting an invalid WEP key is to
> >> notice that traffic for this SSID cannot be decrypted. If this
> >> persists for some time, it is very likely that the WEP passphrase is
> >> incorrect.
>
> Please have a look at the problem from that end first,


Thanks, I agree with you.


> or change the UI
> to always remove the WEP network instead of disconnecting it when
> "Disconnect" functionality is requested from the UI by the user.
>

I don't think UI designers will agree with this point.

Cheers,
Chengyi
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