I found that after doing a fresh install of 13.10 server, the wpa passphrase for the network used during install was stored in plain text in /etc/network/interfaces and by default the file has 644 permissions.
As stated by the original creator, this is a potential security risk. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/14392 Title: [network-admin] WEP key stored in world-readable /etc/network/interfaces To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/14392/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
