{"id":2681,"date":"2013-12-27T14:27:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T14:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2013-12-27T14:27:46","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T14:27:46","slug":"play-audio-files-different-speed-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2013\/12\/play-audio-files-different-speed-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Security &#8211; Ubuntu Stores You Wi-Fi Password in Clear Text"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ubuntu-Wifi-security.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ubuntu-Wifi-security.jpg\" alt=\"Wifi Security problem in Ubuntu\" width=\"240\" height=\"238\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ubuntu-Wifi-security.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ubuntu-Wifi-security-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A user has pointed out on the mailing list that the <b>Wi-Fi passwords<\/b> in Ubuntu are <b>not encrypted<\/b> because they are stored in a folder outside of Home, which can be encrypted during the installation of the operating system.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I recently stumbled over the fact, that NetworkManager by default stores Wifi profiles *including clear text passwords* under &#8216;\/etc\/NetworkManager\/system-connections\/&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>I think that is not what one expects when he\/she turns on home folder encryption and should because of that be corrected somehow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;re using the default Wi-Fi settings in Ubuntu Linux, open Nautilus file browser with root (Press <b>Alt+F2<\/b> -> type <code>gksudo nautilus<\/code>, hit enter). Then you&#8217;ll see list of available Wi-Fi connections under Computer -> etc -> NetworkManager -> system-connections<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ubuntu-wifi-clear-password.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ubuntu-wifi-clear-password.jpg\" alt=\"Ubuntu WIFI clear password\" width=\"560\" height=\"391\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ubuntu-wifi-clear-password.jpg 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ubuntu-wifi-clear-password-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The password is shown as clear text in your Wi-Fi connection file.<\/p>\n<p>A Ubuntu developer has explained that this issue is caused by the fact that the option \u201cAll users may connect to this network\u201d is enabled by default. Which means, untick &#8220;All users may connect to this network.&#8221; under network indicator -> Edit connections -> Select network -> Click edit -> General tab will fix this issue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Fix-Ubuntu-Wifi-issue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Fix-Ubuntu-Wifi-issue.jpg\" alt=\"Fix Ubuntu Wifi Clear Password issue\" width=\"380\" height=\"404\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Fix-Ubuntu-Wifi-issue.jpg 380w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Fix-Ubuntu-Wifi-issue-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.softpedia.com\/news\/Ubuntu-Is-Storing-Wi-Fi-Passwords-in-Clear-Text-By-Default-412056.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">softpedia<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A user has pointed out on the mailing list that the Wi-Fi passwords in Ubuntu are not encrypted because they are stored in a folder outside of Home, which can be encrypted during the installation of the operating system. I recently stumbled over the fact, that NetworkManager by default stores Wifi profiles *including clear text [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[938],"class_list":["post-2681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-wifi-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}