NetworkManager Issues

Charles R. Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Fri Nov 5 16:08:22 UTC 2004


On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 05:02:40PM +0100, Ziga Mahkovec wrote:
> As for the ipw2100 driver -- versions 0.57+ now actually default to
> OPEN.  But NM overrides this so no harm done.  It does make life harder
> if you're using ifup scripts with shared key authentication though.  I
> had to patch ifup-wireless to force restricted mode.

Shared Key auth is worse than no authentication/encryption at all. 
Anyone with a clue will be using Open System.  I don't think we should
put too much effort into making Shared Key easy to use.




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