Bug 2029338

Summary: Make WEP deprecated
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Filip Pokryvka <fpokryvk>
Component: doc-Release_Notes-8-en-USAssignee: Lucie Vařáková <lmanasko>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: RHEL DPM <rhel-docs>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact: Marc Muehlfeld <mmuehlfe>
Priority: medium    
Version: 8.6CC: dcaratti, fge, rhel-docs, sukulkar, till, vbenes
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Documentation
Target Release: 8.6Flags: pm-rhel: mirror+
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
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Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Deprecated Functionality
Doc Text:
.The WEP Wi-Fi connection method is deprecated The insecure wired equivalent privacy (WEP) Wi-Fi connection method is deprecated in RHEL 8 and will be removed in RHEL 9.0. For secure Wi-Fi connections, use the Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) or WPA2 connection methods.
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Last Closed: 2022-04-07 05:32:08 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Filip Pokryvka 2021-12-06 09:30:57 UTC
Description of problem:
WEP is old and insecure, make WEP deprecated in RHEL8.6, so it can be deleted in RHEL9. If it is done already, please close this bug.

Comment 7 Gris Ge 2022-01-18 10:25:36 UTC
*** Bug 2030996 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Till Maas 2022-02-22 11:26:13 UTC
FYI: I filed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056925 to track the LEAPP support for removing WEP from RHEL 9.