On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 01:00:59PM -0500, Tim wrote: > On 02/18/2013 08:18 AM, Philipp Kern wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 01:19:35AM -0500, Tim Kissane wrote: > >>Also, when choosing the ESSID and entering the passphrase, it appeared in plain text. > >>This would be better masked with *** by default, and an option given to display it > >>openly. > >given that it's a non personalized passphrase, what's the scenario you're > >worried about? > I believe the router passphrase is as important, if not more so, > than a user password. Installing in a home is less of an issue > than a business environment, but I think it would be best to err > on the side of security, letting the user unmask the entry if desired. How? We currently don't have support for the latter as far as I know, otherwise it would be a no-brainer. I would like to understand what the business environment is where you install computers in a way that you need to hide a wi-fi preshared key, installing over wi-fi. Enterprise networks use 802.1x, so it's probably about SMB. Installing computers over the company's wi-fi with non-employees being present? Kind regards Philipp Kern
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