Pictures say more than words attached the settings (of the hotspot server and the client) as screenshots.
** Attachment added: "Screenshots of the network-manager setting of the hotspot server and the client" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/955102/+attachment/2871466/+files/Screenshots_hotspot_security_problem.tar.gz -- 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/955102 Title: networkmanager - opening a hotspot - wireless security impossible Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I am using Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 with all latest update. The bug scenario is the following: I connect to the internet via. mobile phone network (with the integrated mobile broadband modem) and I add a wireless connection with the settings Mode: Ad-hoc Wireless Security: WPA & WPA2 Personal IPv4 Settings: Method: Shared to other computers. I can join this created hotspot from other notebooks and internet is working fine BUT I can enter ANY PASSWORD and it works. So there is a major security issue. Regards, Arthur To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/955102/+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
