Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:44:50 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.8 ifconfig.c ifconfig.h ifieee80211.c Message-ID: <20050714224327.O35071@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <42D6DD30.6020900@errno.com> References: <200507141833.j6EIXLPA001703@repoman.freebsd.org> <42D6DD30.6020900@errno.com>
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Sam Leffler wrote: >> Add a new flag '-k' to ifconfig(8), indicating that it is alright to >> print potentially sensitive keying material to stdout. With the new >> 802.11 support, ifconfig(8) is now capable of printing 802.11 keys, >> and did by default for the root user, which is undesirable in some >> environments. Now it will not print keying material unless requested >> (and available to the user). > > I thought we'd agreed NOT to do this. Remind me what we'd agreed should be done? Printing the 802.11 key on the console during boot is undesirable. I recollect vaguely we had thought about removing printing the key entirely, only it struck me this was actually a useful feature, so "-k" allows you to do that. Especially since we are trying to avoid forcing people to use wicontrol, etc. Robert N M Watson
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