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[Alberto Salvia Novella <es20490446e@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can configure the network manager to connect to wireless networks
only if they have a certain MAC address. So you only need to clone this
address along your devices in the company, and nobody will connect to a
fake network accidentally.

** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

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Title:
  No option available for 'never connect to this network'

Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ran into a situation where a local company (Shaw) runs effectively a
  fake wifi hotspot that intercepts traffic to places like my online
  banking and redirects it to their servers.  Thankfully firefox
  detected that something was amiss but when I looked in Network
  Connections icon on unity (if that's the right name for it?) ->Edit
  Connections->Select the connection "ShawOpen" -> hit the "Edit" button

  I see a dialog with

  [ ] Automatically Connect to this network when it is available
  [ ] All users may connect to this network
  [ ] Automatically connect to VPN when using this connection
  etc

  I would recommend that there be an additional checkbox put in here :
  [ ] NEVER connect to this network, even if it is available

  so that even when you know a wifi hotspot is hostile, you don't
  connect to it, even if you've connected to it in the past.

  This to me is a security issue as, while ShawOpen is pretty benign,
  there may be instances where you know for a fact that the specific
  wireless network in question is harmful (perhaps, at a hacker
  conference like HOPEX ( http://x.hope.net/ ), or in case a "Flowers By
  Irene" van is parked outside of your house or something), and, despite
  it being an open network, you do not want to connect to it.  Or
  perhaps even your neighbour's connection (
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/118439
  ).  I see bug #118439 is closed, so perhaps it doesn't connect
  *automatically* anymore, but still, this seems to be a security-
  related feature that seems reasonable to put down as a wishlist item.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Jul  3 12:40:13 2014
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  IfupdownConfig:
   # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-28 (97 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta i386 (20140326)
  IpRoute:
   default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0  proto static 
   192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.101  metric 9
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
   WimaxEnabled=true
  SourcePackage: network-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  nmcli-dev:
   DEVICE     TYPE              STATE         DBUS-PATH                                  
   eth0       802-3-ethernet    unavailable   /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1  
   wlan0      802-11-wireless   connected     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
  nmcli-nm:
   RUNNING         VERSION    STATE           NET-ENABLED   WIFI-HARDWARE   WIFI       WWAN-HARDWARE   WWAN      
   running         0.9.8.8    connected       enabled       enabled         enabled    enabled         disabled

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