Am Fr 19 Okt 2007 16:07:02 CEST schrieb Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> - The GetSecrets call was split off from the
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Connection interface to a new
> sub-interface, org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Connection.Secrets so that
> it could be better locked down.  Only root (ie, NM) should be able to
> call this method, hence I recommend clients deny !root in the conf file
> for their settings service for this interface (using <deny
> send_interface user="root"...)

Sounds feasible.

> - A new 'hints' (array/string) argument was added to the GetSecrets call
> in which NM may put hints of the exact secrets it wants from the
> requested setting
>
> - Clients (ie, applets) may now pass back the entire serialized setting
> dict on return from GetSecrets.  This allows the user to change the
> security settings from, say, WEP to LEAP, or change EAP authentication
> methods during the GetSecrets call if they picked the wrong ones
> initially.  Previously, NM would only update the secrets themselves, not
> all the keys.

Good.

> - A bug was fixed where wireless devices wouldn't advertise WPA
> capabilities
>
> - SIM is no longer a valid phase2 autheap method.  It's only legal for
> phase1 according to wpa_supplicant
>
> - The 'proto' field of 802-11-wireless-security is now a string _array_,
> not just a string

Nice, thanks for the info :)

Regards,
Helmut
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