Ubuntu
indicator-network package

  1. Bug #1258496
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 1258496

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote : Re: show wireless encryption type

It turns out that the attack I described is called the "evil twin". <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_twin_%28wireless_networks%29>

Antti, if you don't mind, I'll retarget this bug report towards thwarting that attack. Showing the encryption type would not be a complete solution to disambiguating identically-named networks, whether they were coincidental or malicious.