Should prompt the user when connecting to an insecure network
Bug #1411527 reported by
Antti Kaijanmäki
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicator-network (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Wishlist
|
Matthew Paul Thomas | ||
Bug Description
To protect the user, we should inform the user that he is trying to connect to a potentially insecure network (Open, WEP, WPA).
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| Changed in indicator-network: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| summary: |
- should prompt the user when connecting to an unsecure network + should prompt the user when connecting to an insecure network |
Revision history for this message
| Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote | #1 |
| no longer affects: | indicator-network |
| Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| summary: |
- should prompt the user when connecting to an insecure network + [indicators] should prompt the user when connecting to an insecure + network |
| Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| assignee: | nobody → Paty Davila (dizzypaty) |
Revision history for this message
| Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote Re: [indicators] should prompt the user when connecting to an insecure network | #2 |
| no longer affects: | ubuntu-ux |
| summary: |
- [indicators] should prompt the user when connecting to an insecure - network + Should prompt the user when connecting to an insecure network |
| Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
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I think we need a little more detail on the threat model here.
The person running a Wi-Fi network can monitor your traffic, regardless of whether it is open, WEP, WPA, or anything else. Right?
If so, the only difference here between network types is whether someone *other* than the person running the network can snoop on your traffic. They can if it's open, if it's WEP, if it's WPA-TKIP, if it's WPA with WPS, or if it's WPA with MS-CHAPv2. Correct?
It may make sense to design the fix for bug 1258496 at the same time as this bug.