Installer inadequacies

[Reindl Harald]

Am 20.01.2013 14:48, schrieb Tim:
> On Sat, 2013-01-19 at 14:50 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote:
>> Another idiocy in the F18 installer is that there is no way to
>> configure wireless connectivity if the WAP does not broadcast its
>> SSID. Clicking on the configure button does nothing unless you select
>> an entry from the drop down list.  You don't even get a message saying
>> you need to select a wireless connection.
> 
> Yeah, well, when you break networking by not broadcasting the SSID, what
> do you expect?
> 
> SSID is a normal, and expected, part of wireless networking.
> Hiding it is not a security solution, of any kind.
> 
> Hiding it is an idiocy promulgated by dimwits who have no idea what
> they're talking about.

that is technically true

but at the same time "security by obscurity" ADDITIONAL to other protections
of your network is not so bad - guess which network is more targeted the
one which cries out his SSID or the one which must be actively searched

the point is that a idiotic installer which ONLY can do some things automatic
and have no way for power-users to make their decisions is broken by design
and a homage to the "post-pc" or as i call it "all-designed-for-idiots"-area

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 263 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/attachments/20130120/ba060a50/attachment.sig>