Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Security teams are in agreement that it would be worth adding to the default installation, that's a new feature though so needs ubuntu-release to ack the addition, turning the bug to a ffe and subscribing them for review
** Summary changed: - Out of the box, Ubuntu Bionic offers only insecure VPN option + [ffe] Out of the box, Ubuntu Bionic offers only insecure VPN option ** Summary changed: - [ffe] Out of the box, Ubuntu Bionic offers only insecure VPN option + [ffe] including network-manager-openvpn-gnome in the default installation -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1752417 Title: [ffe] including network-manager-openvpn-gnome in the default installation Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in network-manager-openvpn package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: network-manager lists only PPTP as an available VPN client connection type (and also offers to import a file). I'd expect L2TP-over-IPSec and IKEv1/IKEv2 options as well. In fact, most major desktop OSes have removed PPTP altogether because it's insecure, and Ubuntu should probably do so in 18.04 as well, at least from the GUI! $ apt list network-manager Llistant… Fet network-manager/bionic,now 1.10.4-1ubuntu2 amd64 [instal·lat] $ uname -a Linux machinename 4.15.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 13 18:23:35 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1752417/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
