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Wireless: WIFI is not password protected when security wpa mode is not defined but passphrase is
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Description

When the following is configured:

vyos@vyos# show interfaces wireless
 wireless wlan0 {
     channel 0
     hw-id 04:c0:01:00:00:01
     physical-device phy0
     security {
         wpa {
             passphrase VyOS-WIFI-123
         }
     }
     ssid VyOS-WIFI
     type access-point
 }

VyOS will have an "open" WIFI with SSID VyOS-WIFI. In order to protect the WiFi one must explicitly set: set interfaces wireless wlan0 security wpa mode <wpa|wpa2|both>

The default in VyOS 1.2 is "both"

https://github.com/vyos/vyatta-wireless/blob/crux/templates-cfg/interfaces/wireless/node.tag/security/wpa/mode/node.def#L4

Details

Version
1.3-rolling-202009200118
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Feature (new functionality)