Also, this is a security problem. It robs the user of the ability to easily see that the VPN is (still) connected. If the VPN goes down, and the user doesn't happen to see the momentary pop-up message (or if that message has been accidentally or deliberately suppressed), the user will think his communications are encrypted when they are actually exposed.
It can easily be exploited: 1. Distract the user or wait until he looks away from his screen. 2. Interfere with the internet connection for a few seconds, causing the user's VPN to fail. 3. Capture the user's packets. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gnome-icon-theme in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772709 Title: Network Manager Icon Is not changin when VPN is connected (nm-device- wired-secure icon is missing) Status in GNOME Icon Theme: New Status in tango-icon-theme: Confirmed Status in elementary-icon-theme package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-icon-theme package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in lubuntu-artwork package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in tango-icon-theme package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-icon-theme Ater upgrading to 11.04 in gnome icon the (humanity and unity themes works fine) is see bad icons when connecting VPN and VPN is connected. Connected VPN icon is the same as original Network Manager. And connectin icon doen't show the Network manager icon only the flashing yellow lock (that must be over network manger icon) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: gnome-icon-theme 2.31.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Apr 29 01:05:10 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-icon-theme UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-28 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-icon-theme/+bug/772709/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
