Bug 2029338 - Make WEP deprecated
Summary: Make WEP deprecated
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: doc-Release_Notes-8-en-US
Version: 8.6
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.6
Assignee: Lucie Vařáková
QA Contact: RHEL DPM
Marc Muehlfeld
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Whiteboard:
: 2030996 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-12-06 09:30 UTC by Filip Pokryvka
Modified: 2022-09-26 14:58 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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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Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-104801 0 None None None 2021-12-06 09:31:57 UTC

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.
Comment 9 Lucie Vařáková 2022-04-07 05:32:08 UTC 
Published RN to Portal: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8-beta/html-single/8.6_release_notes/index#BZ-2029338
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