[Bug 1018160] Re: Accept WEP in the ubiquity wireless network chooser dialog

[James M. Leddy]

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Medium => Low

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Title:
  Accept WEP in the ubiquity wireless network chooser dialog

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently, the ubi-network dialog looks at WpaFlags (Wifi Protected
  Access) and RsnFlags (Robust Secure Network, aka: WPA2) to determine
  if the network is encrypted. According to Dan Walsh in this email,
  neither of these are used for WEP encrypted networks:

  > You can't tell the difference between 64-bit and 128-bit WEP at all
  > because that information simply isn't available with WEP.  You can only
  > tell that an AP requires "privacy" or not and that it does not use WPA.
  > For WEP the Privacy bit is the only thing you have.

  https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-
  list/2011-April/msg00191.html

  I've experimentally verified that WEP doesn't work in ubiquity. If you
  choose a WEP ssid, the password box remains disabled, and clicking
  "Continue" causes nm-applet to pop up and prompt for the password. I
  wonder if this is still a concern though due to WEP being so
  infrequently used today.

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