WEP key encryption

[Mario Vukelic]

On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 14:41 -0400, Weiner, Michael wrote:
> Dear list readers - 
> 
> I have been searching for an answer through the forums and googling
> some, but haven't found a definitive answer. My query is, can Ubuntu
> (Gutsy Gibbon) store the wireless WEP key encrypted? And if so, what
> file is that found in? I need to setup a users laptop to connect to our
> wireless network, but am prohibited from doing so if I am unable to
> store the WEP key encrypted.

Yes. Gutsy uses Network Manager [1] for wlan management, which uses
gnome-keyring [2] for password management.

[1] http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
[2] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/

That is if you use Ubuntu proper, I don't know about Kubuntu and Xubuntu