No option available for 'never connect to this network'
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Ran into a situation where a local company (Shaw) runs effectively a fake wifi hotspot that intercepts traffic to places like my online banking and redirects it to their servers. Thankfully firefox detected that something was amiss but when I looked in Network Connections icon on unity (if that's the right name for it?) ->Edit Connections->Select the connection "ShawOpen" -> hit the "Edit" button
I see a dialog with
[ ] Automatically Connect to this network when it is available
[ ] All users may connect to this network
[ ] Automatically connect to VPN when using this connection
etc
I would recommend that there be an additional checkbox put in here :
[ ] NEVER connect to this network, even if it is available
so that even when you know a wifi hotspot is hostile, you don't connect to it, even if you've connected to it in the past.
This to me is a security issue as, while ShawOpen is pretty benign, there may be instances where you know for a fact that the specific wireless network in question is harmful (perhaps, at a hacker conference like HOPEX ( http://
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Jul 3 12:40:13 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-28 (97 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta i386 (20140326)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static
192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.101 metric 9
NetworkManager.
[main]
NetworkingEnab
WirelessEnable
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedeskto
wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedeskto
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.8.8 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled
information type: | Private Security → Public Security |
Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
The UI is slightly different in 14.10 but the same principle seems to apply.