[Dextrose] [Sugar-devel] [sugar 0.96, NM 0.9 PATCH] sl#3727: Return cached secrets, present in 'settings' themselves.

[Peter Robinson]

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Ajay Garg <ajay at activitycentral.com> wrote:
>
> NM may request the secrets in the following cases ::
>
> a)
> Wifi connection is lost.
>
> b)
> After being lost, the wifi connection is again within the range.
>
> c)
> When the credentials for the wifi network change.
>
>
> In every case, secrets were being requested via the popup dialog.
>
> However, case c) is rare (and when it does happens, usually the system-administrator, or the like,
> has the responsibility for issuing the changes publically).
>
> Thus, due to case c) (which is rare), cases a) and b) were suffering (these cases are generally
> very plausible cases in everyday life).
>
>
> So now, the intended solution is :::
>
>
> 1.
> Always return the cached secrets (present in 'settings' themselves).
> This would make the irritating dialog-box go away, for cases a) and b).
>
>
> 2.
> For case c), the user would ::
>
>    (i)   "Discard Network History".
>    (ii)  Click on the wifi icon (in the neighborhood-view).
>    (iii) Enter the new (publically broadcasted) credentials.

This biggest time for C is when it's WPA-Enterprise and the enterprise
user authenication has a lifetime on the password. Our corp wifi is AD
authenticated and the password expires every 60 days.

Peter