Public bug reported: In Precise; WPA/WPA2 was disabled for ad-hoc networks because a bug in the kernel breaks WPA-None support (and actually creates networks unsecured rather than encrypted with WPA).
We now have support for actual IBSS-RSN (WPA2 security on ad-hoc) in wpasupplicant and it can be enabled in wpasupplicant, network-manager, nm-applet... We should make use of this feature to offer our users a way to create properly secured IBSS networks rather than relying on WEP or using unsecured networks. It will require modifications in three packages: - network-manager: drop the patch that disables WPA-None (if any) and add the necessary backend bits for using IBSS-RSN. - network-manager-applet: drop the patch that disables WPA-None (if any) and add the necessary frontend bits to not disable WPA/WPA2; and use IBSS-RSN when WPA/WPA2 is selected for ad-hoc networks. - wpa: build with CONFIG_IBSS_RSN=y so that IBSS-RSN support gets enabled. *** While this involves some form of UI changes there is no UIFe request because there are no string changes; the option for WPA/WPA2 has been available since about Maverick, and the change only involves making it sensitive (clickable) again. Testing was done between two systems; the created network appears secured from both systems and on an external device (used Android phone to detect the network from outside the tested systems; using Wifi- Radar). I've been running the test packages for 6 days; testing was done following the plan at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkManager/DistroTesting. Availability of IBSS-RSN can still be dependent on hardware support; in the cases where hardware doesn't support IBSS-RSN; the option will remain disabled in UI. ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) Status: New ** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) Status: New ** Affects: wpa (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) Status: New ** Also affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: wpa (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) ** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) ** Changed in: wpa (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) ** Summary changed: - [FFe] Enable WPA2 for IBSS (ad-hoc) + [FFe] Enable RSN (WPA2) encryption support for IBSS (ad-hoc) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1046918 Title: [FFe] Enable RSN (WPA2) encryption support for IBSS (ad-hoc) Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “wpa” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In Precise; WPA/WPA2 was disabled for ad-hoc networks because a bug in the kernel breaks WPA-None support (and actually creates networks unsecured rather than encrypted with WPA). We now have support for actual IBSS-RSN (WPA2 security on ad-hoc) in wpasupplicant and it can be enabled in wpasupplicant, network-manager, nm-applet... We should make use of this feature to offer our users a way to create properly secured IBSS networks rather than relying on WEP or using unsecured networks. It will require modifications in three packages: - network-manager: drop the patch that disables WPA-None (if any) and add the necessary backend bits for using IBSS-RSN. - network-manager-applet: drop the patch that disables WPA-None (if any) and add the necessary frontend bits to not disable WPA/WPA2; and use IBSS-RSN when WPA/WPA2 is selected for ad-hoc networks. - wpa: build with CONFIG_IBSS_RSN=y so that IBSS-RSN support gets enabled. *** While this involves some form of UI changes there is no UIFe request because there are no string changes; the option for WPA/WPA2 has been available since about Maverick, and the change only involves making it sensitive (clickable) again. Testing was done between two systems; the created network appears secured from both systems and on an external device (used Android phone to detect the network from outside the tested systems; using Wifi-Radar). I've been running the test packages for 6 days; testing was done following the plan at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkManager/DistroTesting. Availability of IBSS-RSN can still be dependent on hardware support; in the cases where hardware doesn't support IBSS-RSN; the option will remain disabled in UI. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1046918/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
