On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 12:12:42PM +0100, Beniamino Galvani wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 12:42:41AM +0100, dennis knorr wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > [...]
> > 
> > My wishes/requirements would be:
> > * possibility to configure timeout for non-successfull connection
> > attempt with 802.1x/wpa supplicant (on cable/wireless)
> 
> The timeout is now hardcoded to 25 seconds:
> 
> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/tree/src/devices/nm-device-ethernet.c?id=1.6-rc1#n800
> 
> In order to make it configurable we probably can add a new
> per-connection "802-1x.auth-timeout" (or similar) property.
> 
> > * possibility to configure number of retries for connection attempts
> > with 802.1x/wpa supplicant (on cable/wireless)
> 
> This is already possible with NM 1.6 using the
> connection.autoconnect-retries property.
> 
> > * possibility for  a mixed network to send after the connection attempt
> > (but not waiting for the successfull completion) a dhcp request, so we
> > already get perhaps an IP.
> 
> I think this could lead to confusion, as it would allow the connection
> to a 802.1x secured profile without actual authentication (see [1] for
> more details).
> 
> [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723084

As commented there, I have pushed some commits to branch
bg/802-1x-auth-timeout to add a 802-1x.auth-timeout property and allow
a short fallback interval between the 802.1x and non-authenticated
connection profiles.

Beniamino

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