I'm also seeing this issue on xenial. Looking at the source package, the
message is generated in wireless-security/eap-method-tls.c:
/* Warn the user if the private key is unencrypted */
if (!eap_method_is_encrypted_private_key (filename)) {
[...]
gtk_message_dialog_format_secondary_text (GTK_MESSAGE_DIALOG
(dialog),
"%s",
_("The selected
private key does not appear to be protected by a password. This could allow
your security credentials to be compromised. Please select a
password-protected private key.\n\n(You can password-protect your private key
with openssl)"));
[...]
}
However, this is highly misleading, since
eap_method_ins_encrypted_private_key() returns false for various other
reasons, in particular when the file cannot be opened or has the wrong
extension.
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"Unencrypted private keys are insecure" message is vague and unhelpful
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