Re: NetworkManager to reconnect silently

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On 19/05/11 09:55, Misha Shnurapet wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I asked this question in NetworkManager mailing list, but everyone there seems to be busy, so I decided to ask here.
> 
> I run torrents on my notebook. On an electricity outage NetworkManager starts asking for a new password, so when I'm not around and the light goes back on (powering up the WLAN router), it just stands stalled with the dialog open.
> 
> Is there a way to tell NM not to ask for a new password ever? Because I use a 63-symbol passphrase once set up on all the (two) machines so to forget about it.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.4-1.fc14.x86_64
> 
> --
> Best regards,
> Misha Shnurapet, Fedora Project Contributor
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Shnurapet
> shnurapet AT fedoraproject.org, GPG: 00217306

  As far as i can tell there is no easy, if any, solution that would not
breach the security of your 63-symbol pass phrase. In my experience
using knetworkmanager a password is required for each secure Wireless
connection  and for security these are stored in a secure encrypted
area, (kwallet in my case), which needs just a single password for
access. Hence a password is always required for wireless access to
reconnect after a power out.
  This is not required for wired connections, so unless you can use some
wired connection that restarts on power up to do the torrent downloads,
you have little choice, without breaching the security provided by your
pass phrase, but to accept the problem.
  From what I can gather you use long random pass phrases for any
external available access which I heartily recommend. Nearly all
security breaches are made because it's easy to guess pass phrases that
relate to the person who created it.

Regards

cpp4ever
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