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

[Samuel Greenfeld]

I would pull back to the "Enterprise" scenario here and note there are APs
and smarter networks which will temporarily blacklist if not ban a client
device after repeated failed association attempts.

There also are networks (although somewhat rare) which change their
passwords daily to ensure that only customers of a restaurant or similar
establishment get wifi access.

Is there a method to put this on a counter so we attempt to reassociate
once with stored credentials and then prompt the user the second time?

How does GNOME handle this?


On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Ajay Garg <ajay at activitycentral.com>wrote:

> Yep..
> Sorry Peter, Anish.
>
> So, as far as the current patch is concerned, this patch should be tested
> WITHOUT thinking about the WPA-Enterprise Networks scenario.
>
>
>
> That should bring us back on the track (for this particular patch) :P
>
>
> Regards,
> Ajay
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Anish Mangal <anish at activitycentral.com>wrote:
>
>> 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
>> >
>> >
>>
>
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