[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#655972: Bug#655972: Creating a new wireless network with WPA results in an unsecured network instead

[Josh Triplett]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 09:26:39PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> severity 655972 important
> thanks
> 
> On 15.01.2012 14:49, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > 
> > Note that creating a network using WEP results in a WEP-"secured"
> > network, rather than an unsecured network.  This issue only seems to
> > happen when attempting to create a WPA network.
> 
> Given that this particular feature (to create a WPA secured accesspoint)
> is not that often used

Given that WEP provides almost no security at all, you're suggesting
that wanting a secure wireless network does not represent the common
case?

> and that an open wireless AP does not imply that
> the users data is accessible,

An open wireless AP where the user expected a secured one (and where the
UI claims they have one) can lead to revealed user data in several
different ways.

> I'm downgrading the severity to important
> as imho this reflects more appropriately the severity of this bug.

Might I suggest instead marking it as grave due to the security
implications but marking it as present in both testing and unstable so
it doesn't affect propagation to testing?

- Josh Triplett