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Post subject: wpa: verifying encryption?
 Posted: Oct 10, 2007 - 10:36 AM
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Joined: Nov 30, 2006
Posts: 342
Location: Berlin
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Greetings there!
For quite some time I used go online wirelessly via ipw3945 with Knetworkmanager. Yesterday I read a comment from slh about network-manager wouldnt be recommended. I was puzzled at first, re-checked my connection and noticed that in Knetworkmanager only WEP was setup, yet not WPA.
I spent some time setting up wpa_supplicant the following way:
I created a /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf:
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ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
#ctrl_interface_group=phen
network={
ssid="<my-ssid>"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk=<64-digits-key, created by wpa_passphrase and my password>
priority=1
scan_ssid=1
}
my /etc/networking/interfaces looks like:
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# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(  , ifdown(
# The loopback interface
# automatically added when upgrading
auto lo eth0
iface lo inet loopback
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface eth2 inet dhcp
wpa-driver wext
wpa-ssid <my-ssid>
wpa-psk <64-digits-key>
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
I also installed Kwlan.
For going online I start Kwlan as root, wpa_supplicant gets started by it automatically, and I can choose wether to go online by wlan (my-ssid), or by my-pppoe. Starting Kwlan as user wont start up wpa_supplicant, thus no connection.
and here my questions:
1. Is it ok at all to have Kwlan started as root, or is it a lack of security?
2. The also running Knemo shows "Encryption: Off", while Kwlan's WPA-Protocol-viewer shows "WPA: Key negotiation completed with <certain MAC-address> [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP]". Is there a way to double-check/verify encryption by WPA is enabled?
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3. Is it possible to use WPA2-PSK with Kwlan, as well as even with a hidden wlan? |
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Posted: Oct 17, 2007 - 03:02 AM
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Joined: Jul 19, 2007
Posts: 18
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Actually, there is a way to get WPA in knetworkmanager, but it's not easy:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=125150
However, if you right-click on the Knetworkmanager icon and click "Connect To Other Wireless Network"-->"Use Encryption", there is an option for WPA called "WPA Personal" & "WPA Enterprise". I would try those two first. wpasupplicant is installed by default, so it should be there. |
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