On 02/18/2013 01:07 PM, Philipp Kern wrote:
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 01:00:59PM -0500, Tim wrote:
On 02/18/2013 08:18 AM, Philipp Kern wrote:
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 01:19:35AM -0500, Tim Kissane wrote:
Also, when choosing the ESSID and entering the passphrase, it appeared in plain
text.
This would be better masked with *** by default, and an option given to display
it
openly.
given that it's a non personalized passphrase, what's the scenario you're
worried about?
I believe the router passphrase is as important, if not more so,
than a user password. Installing in a home is less of an issue
than a business environment, but I think it would be best to err
on the side of security, letting the user unmask the entry if desired.
How? We currently don't have support for the latter as far as I know,
otherwise it would be a no-brainer. I would like to understand what the
business environment is where you install computers in a way that you
need to hide a wi-fi preshared key, installing over wi-fi. Enterprise
networks use 802.1x, so it's probably about SMB. Installing computers
over the company's wi-fi with non-employees being present?
Kind regards
Philipp Kern
I haven't seen the code yet, so I can't say how without some research.
Maybe it's not possible. It would be foolish to use wifi in a business
environment, but that doesn't mean it won't happen. ;) Employees
are the biggest security risk for a business, btw, rather than
non-employees.
Peace,
Tim
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