On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 04:28:23PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2019/11/08 17:56, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > The default wifi interface behaviour of connecting to any open network > > when nothing is configured is confusing people who have gotten used to > > the behaviour of ifconfig join. > > > > With this diff connecting to any open network on 'ifconfg iwm0 up' requires > > the user to run ifconfig iwm0 join "" first. Otherwise, only explicitly > > configured network SSIDs will be used. > > > > This also allows users to scan for available access points without sending > > out probe, auth, or association requests to random accces points. > > > > ok? > > OK with me. ifconfig(8) will need an update, but I think this is probably > enough.
Yes, indeed. This is what I had in mind for the man page: diff a9ff202383120429722310361b939682fdaf8f03 /usr/src blob - 79a5adcd2197d91d9780f29a2c97a091b9177389 file + sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 --- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -1044,13 +1044,11 @@ Connect to the network with NWID .Ar id . Unlike auto-join networks, information about the network is not retained. -The empty string allows the interface to connect to any available -access points. +Only one network can be configured at a time. May not be used with .Cm join . .It Cm -nwid -Set the NWID to the empty string to allow the interface to connect -to any available access point. +Clear the currently configured network ID. .It Cm nwkey Ar key Enable WEP encryption using the specified .Ar key .
