[Touch-packages] [Bug 1258496] Re: No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** No longer affects: ubuntu-ux

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Title:
  No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

Status in indicator-network package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Currently the indicator only shows whether or not a wireless network
  is secured, by showing a padlock.

  In a situation where we have two accesspoints which both have the same
  ESSID (name) but different encryption (e.g. WEP vs. WPA) they provide
  two separate networks. Now the indicator shows two identical items and
  the user has no way of figuring out which is which.

  Above scenario is a very rare one, but still completely valid.
  Neither nm-applet or macosx networking menu bother to deal with this 
situation, they just show two identical networks, but Android is always showing 
the encryption scheme beneath the network name.

  We can either
  A) do nothing
  B) always have the encryption type visible somehow
  C) be smart about it and only show the encryption type when we detect that 
the name and padlock is not enough

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1258496] Re: No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Summary changed:

- [System Settings] No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi 
networks
+ No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

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Title:
  No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

Status in Ubuntu UX:
  Triaged
Status in indicator-network package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Currently the indicator only shows whether or not a wireless network
  is secured, by showing a padlock.

  In a situation where we have two accesspoints which both have the same
  ESSID (name) but different encryption (e.g. WEP vs. WPA) they provide
  two separate networks. Now the indicator shows two identical items and
  the user has no way of figuring out which is which.

  Above scenario is a very rare one, but still completely valid.
  Neither nm-applet or macosx networking menu bother to deal with this 
situation, they just show two identical networks, but Android is always showing 
the encryption scheme beneath the network name.

  We can either
  A) do nothing
  B) always have the encryption type visible somehow
  C) be smart about it and only show the encryption type when we detect that 
the name and padlock is not enough

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1258496] Re: No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

>From JkB in 
>:
> "To my understanding, the advantage of WPA Enterprise networks is that you 
>can be sure to connect to the right access point, if it carries a valid 
>certificate (or let's say it's way harder to build an "evil twin"
as you don't own the cert). For example, the University of Bergen works with 
certificates, 
 but not as 
a must have.  There seems to be an 
older auth scheme as well."

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Title:
  No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  Triaged
Status in indicator-network package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Currently the indicator only shows whether or not a wireless network
  is secured, by showing a padlock.

  In a situation where we have two accesspoints which both have the same
  ESSID (name) but different encryption (e.g. WEP vs. WPA) they provide
  two separate networks. Now the indicator shows two identical items and
  the user has no way of figuring out which is which.

  Above scenario is a very rare one, but still completely valid.
  Neither nm-applet or macosx networking menu bother to deal with this 
situation, they just show two identical networks, but Android is always showing 
the encryption scheme beneath the network name.

  We can either
  A) do nothing
  B) always have the encryption type visible somehow
  C) be smart about it and only show the encryption type when we detect that 
the name and padlock is not enough

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1258496] Re: No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

See also bug 1258496, asking for the opposite: showing multiple networks
with the same name as a single item even if they offer different
authentication methods.

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Title:
  No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  Triaged
Status in indicator-network package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Currently the indicator only shows whether or not a wireless network
  is secured, by showing a padlock.

  In a situation where we have two accesspoints which both have the same
  ESSID (name) but different encryption (e.g. WEP vs. WPA) they provide
  two separate networks. Now the indicator shows two identical items and
  the user has no way of figuring out which is which.

  Above scenario is a very rare one, but still completely valid.
  Neither nm-applet or macosx networking menu bother to deal with this 
situation, they just show two identical networks, but Android is always showing 
the encryption scheme beneath the network name.

  We can either
  A) do nothing
  B) always have the encryption type visible somehow
  C) be smart about it and only show the encryption type when we detect that 
the name and padlock is not enough

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1258496] Re: No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

[Magdalena Mirowicz]

** Changed in: ubuntu-ux
 Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)

** Changed in: ubuntu-ux
   Status: New => Triaged

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Title:
  No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  Triaged
Status in indicator-network package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Currently the indicator only shows whether or not a wireless network
  is secured, by showing a padlock.

  In a situation where we have two accesspoints which both have the same
  ESSID (name) but different encryption (e.g. WEP vs. WPA) they provide
  two separate networks. Now the indicator shows two identical items and
  the user has no way of figuring out which is which.

  Above scenario is a very rare one, but still completely valid.
  Neither nm-applet or macosx networking menu bother to deal with this 
situation, they just show two identical networks, but Android is always showing 
the encryption scheme beneath the network name.

  We can either
  A) do nothing
  B) always have the encryption type visible somehow
  C) be smart about it and only show the encryption type when we detect that 
the name and padlock is not enough

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1258496] Re: No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

[Antti Kaijanmäki]

** Changed in: indicator-network (Ubuntu)
   Status: Confirmed => Triaged

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Title:
  No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  New
Status in indicator-network package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Currently the indicator only shows whether or not a wireless network
  is secured, by showing a padlock.

  In a situation where we have two accesspoints which both have the same
  ESSID (name) but different encryption (e.g. WEP vs. WPA) they provide
  two separate networks. Now the indicator shows two identical items and
  the user has no way of figuring out which is which.

  Above scenario is a very rare one, but still completely valid.
  Neither nm-applet or macosx networking menu bother to deal with this 
situation, they just show two identical networks, but Android is always showing 
the encryption scheme beneath the network name.

  We can either
  A) do nothing
  B) always have the encryption type visible somehow
  C) be smart about it and only show the encryption type when we detect that 
the name and padlock is not enough

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1258496] Re: No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

[Antti Kaijanmäki]

** Also affects: ubuntu-ux
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

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Title:
  No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  New
Status in indicator-network package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Currently the indicator only shows whether or not a wireless network
  is secured, by showing a padlock.

  In a situation where we have two accesspoints which both have the same
  ESSID (name) but different encryption (e.g. WEP vs. WPA) they provide
  two separate networks. Now the indicator shows two identical items and
  the user has no way of figuring out which is which.

  Above scenario is a very rare one, but still completely valid.
  Neither nm-applet or macosx networking menu bother to deal with this 
situation, they just show two identical networks, but Android is always showing 
the encryption scheme beneath the network name.

  We can either
  A) do nothing
  B) always have the encryption type visible somehow
  C) be smart about it and only show the encryption type when we detect that 
the name and padlock is not enough

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1258496] Re: No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Summary changed:

- show wireless encryption type
+ No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

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Title:
  No protection against "evil twin" (same-named) wi-fi networks

Status in indicator-network package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Currently the indicator only shows whether or not a wireless network
  is secured, by showing a padlock.

  In a situation where we have two accesspoints which both have the same
  ESSID (name) but different encryption (e.g. WEP vs. WPA) they provide
  two separate networks. Now the indicator shows two identical items and
  the user has no way of figuring out which is which.

  Above scenario is a very rare one, but still completely valid.
  Neither nm-applet or macosx networking menu bother to deal with this 
situation, they just show two identical networks, but Android is always showing 
the encryption scheme beneath the network name.

  We can either
  A) do nothing
  B) always have the encryption type visible somehow
  C) be smart about it and only show the encryption type when we detect that 
the name and padlock is not enough

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