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

[Anish Mangal]

Not to take the discussion in a different direction, but IMO, would be
great if Enterprise network support made it to upstream sugar. :-)

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Ajay Garg <ajay at activitycentral.com> wrote:
> Peter,
>
> Is WPA-Enterprise Networks supported in Sugar 0.96, yet? (I don't think it
> is).
> As a result, the current patch has not been tested with WPA Enterprise
> Networks.
>
> There is a patch for WPA-Enterprise Networks (fully integrated in dextrose3)
> available at
> http://patchwork.sugarlabs.org/patch/1096/
>
> with specs at
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/WPA-WPA2-Enterprise-Network-Connections
>
> Would upstream be interested :P :P (I would be more than willing to port
> it).
>
>
>
> Adding Anish in the loop.
>
>
> Regards,
> Ajay
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>
>