Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 11158] acquire wifi passwords from the OS when possible

Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:26:51 +0000

Comment # 2 on bug 11158 from
(In reply to shawnlandden from comment #0)
> It is quite a pain currently to use monitor mode with an encrypted wifi
> network. Wireshark should have a way of extracting passwords from
> Network-Manager and connman and using them, or perhaps just asking the user.

"just asking the user" is a separate option from "get it from the OS", but both
could be useful.

Whether Wireshark should, as soon as you open a capture with encrypted data,
prompt for the network password is a matter for discussion.  Some might like
it, some might not, so that might be something governed by a preference.

WSTSD?  (What Should TShark Do?)  Should it also prompt for the password on,
for example, /dev/tty on UN*Xes?


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