Public bug reported: Currently, the ubi-network dialog looks at WpaFlags (Wifi Protected Access) and RsnFlags (Robust Secure Network, aka: WPA2) to determine if the network is encrypted. According to Dan Walsh in this email, neither of these are used for WEP encrypted networks:
> You can't tell the difference between 64-bit and 128-bit WEP at all > because that information simply isn't available with WEP. You can only > tell that an AP requires "privacy" or not and that it does not use WPA. > For WEP the Privacy bit is the only thing you have. https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager- list/2011-April/msg00191.html I've experimentally verified that WEP doesn't work in ubiquity. If you choose a WEP ssid, the password box remains disabled, and clicking "Continue" causes nm-applet to pop up and prompt for the password. I wonder if this is still a concern though due to WEP being so infrequently used today. ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Assignee: James M. Leddy (jm-leddy) Status: New ** Description changed: Currently, the ubi-network dialog looks at WpaFlags (Wifi Protected Access) and RsnFlags (Robust Secure Network, aka: WPA2) to determine if the network is encrypted. According to Dan Walsh in this email, neither of these are used for WEP encrypted networks: > You can't tell the difference between 64-bit and 128-bit WEP at all - because that information simply isn't available with WEP. You can only - tell that an AP requires "privacy" or not and that it does not use WPA. - For WEP the Privacy bit is the only thing you have. + > because that information simply isn't available with WEP. You can only + > tell that an AP requires "privacy" or not and that it does not use WPA. + > For WEP the Privacy bit is the only thing you have. https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager- list/2011-April/msg00191.html I've experimentally verified that WEP doesn't work in ubiquity. If you choose a WEP ssid, the password box remains disabled, and clicking "Continue" causes nm-applet to pop up and prompt for the password. I wonder if this is still a concern though due to WEP being so infrequently used today. ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => James M. Leddy (jm-leddy) ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1018160 Title: Accept WEP in the ubiqutiy wireless network chooser dialog To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1018160/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
