On 06/11/2011 07:06 PM, Pantelis Koukousoulas wrote: > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Goldstein <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> I'm new to the list. Sorry if this kind of message is not appropriate. >> >> The thing is that I find it a bit annoying that nm applet does not show the >> nm-secure-lock icon on top of the nm-signal-XX icon when I'm connected to a >> secure wlan network. I connect to may different wlans on a daily basis. In >> some of them my packets are transmitted encrypted, in some others are >> transmitted in the clear, and it would be great to have a visual aid to >> remind me to which kind of wlan I'm connected to (so I don't, for example, >> check my email using POP3). >> >> I wanted to provide a proper patch for the issue but I haven't been able to >> compile nm from the sources. However, I attach an incomplete and untested >> patch, that maybe one of you guys can use. Do you think something like this >> could be implemented in trunk? > IMHO, independent of the usefulness of the patch, you should really use > application level encryption (ssh, https, pop3s) for transfer of data you > consider sensitive. Even in the case of an encrypted wireless link, it is > far from impossible that someone is sniffing the traffic at the router > or even ISP. > > What's more, there is no guarantee that these logs are not persistent, > which means a lot of people might look and search them. > > Again, the above is independent of the potential value ot the patch itself.
Hi Pantelis, Thank you for your warning. However I am already aware of the security implications of transmitting data in the clear through the Internet. I just wanted to present a simple usage scenario for the functionality I'm requesting. Regards, G. _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
