** Description changed: + Ubuntu 9.10 + network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3, Ubuntu 12.04 beta + + 1. From the network menu, choose "Edit Connections...", then "Wireless". + 2. Select a wi-fi network that was in the menu (for example, the one you are currently connected to) and choose "Edit". + 3. In the "Connection name" field, enter "Fred", and choose Save. + 4. Open the menu. + + What you see: The previous network name. + What you should see: "Fred". + In the "Network Connections" dialog it is possible for me to set my own custom "Connection Names". One set, networks appear using these names in the Network Connections dialog. Now, I click on the nm tray applet and it shows me a list of networks, but the networks are named based on their SSID's - not based on the names that I've supposedly given them! This can be very frustrating if you live in a place where everyone's network is named "linksys". Insofar as this presents the user with potentially confusing or ambiguous connection options it allows an attacker to set up their own network mirroring the existing network's SSID and thus encourage illegitimate connections. Presenting the user's own defined names is one way of avoiding this (especially if these were say, italicized, to better show that they are trusted networks). - - ProblemType: Bug - Architecture: i386 - CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory - Date: Tue Nov 10 22:38:03 2009 - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 - ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-connection-editor - IfupdownConfig: - auto lo - iface lo inet loopback - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) - IpRoute: - 134.84.223.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 134.84.223.168 metric 2 - 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 - default via 134.84.223.254 dev eth0 proto static - IwConfig: - lo no wireless extensions. - - eth0 IEEE 802.11 Nickname:"" - Access Point: Not-Associated - NonfreeKernelModules: wl - Package: network-manager-gnome 0.8~a~git.20091014t134532.4033e62-0ubuntu1 - ProcEnviron: - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic - RfKill: - - SourcePackage: network-manager-applet - Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480494 Title: User-defined connection names don't appear as choices in drop-down menu Status in Ubuntu network, Bluetooth, keyboard menus: Confirmed Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 9.10 network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3, Ubuntu 12.04 beta 1. From the network menu, choose "Edit Connections...", then "Wireless". 2. Select a wi-fi network that was in the menu (for example, the one you are currently connected to) and choose "Edit". 3. In the "Connection name" field, enter "Fred", and choose Save. 4. Open the menu. What you see: The previous network name. What you should see: "Fred". In the "Network Connections" dialog it is possible for me to set my own custom "Connection Names". One set, networks appear using these names in the Network Connections dialog. Now, I click on the nm tray applet and it shows me a list of networks, but the networks are named based on their SSID's - not based on the names that I've supposedly given them! This can be very frustrating if you live in a place where everyone's network is named "linksys". Insofar as this presents the user with potentially confusing or ambiguous connection options it allows an attacker to set up their own network mirroring the existing network's SSID and thus encourage illegitimate connections. Presenting the user's own defined names is one way of avoiding this (especially if these were say, italicized, to better show that they are trusted networks). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-indicator-mods/+bug/480494/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
