[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#655972: Bug#655972: Creating a new wireless network with WPA results in an unsecured network instead

[Michael Biebl]

On 15.01.2012 14:49, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Package: network-manager-gnome
> Version: 0.9.2.0-1
> Severity: grave
> Tags: security
> 
> I followed the following steps:
> 
> - Connect to a wired network.
> - Click the network-manager-gnome icon, and select "Create New Wireless
>   Network..."
> - Type a network name.
> - Select "WPA & WPA2 Personal".
> - Click "Show password".
> - Paste in a secure password (from pwgen -s 12).
> - Click "Create".
> - Observe that NetworkManager's icon for the network includes the lock
>   icon indicating a secure network.
> - Attempt to connect to the network from my N900.
> - Observe that network icon shows lack of security.
> - Observe that I can connect to the network and access the Internet
>   through the network without providing the previously-specified
>   password.
> 
> 
> Note that creating a network using WEP results in a WEP-"secured"
> network, rather than an unsecured network.  This issue only seems to
> happen when attempting to create a WPA network.


Please attach the output of iwlist scan (from the local computer and the
one you are trying to establish the connection), the output of nm-tool
and a debug log from NetworkManager [1]

Thanks,
Michael

[1] https://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/Debugging
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