Re: Changing the default for ieee802.11 decryption

[Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com>]

On 17 July 2015 at 22:03, Joerg Mayer <jmayer () loplof de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I just wasted some time when trying to decode ieee 802.11 wpa2 traffic: It
> wouldn't decode even after entering the keys. In the end it turned out that
> decryption is off by default and needs to be turned on seperately.
> IMO this violates the principle of least surprise. It should be turned on
> by default to make things easier for "normal" users and power users may
> still
> change this for their needs.
>
> Objections to me changing this?
>
> Thanks
>    Jörg
It's kind of documented, from the HowToDecrypt802.11 Wiki page:
Gotchas

Along with decryption keys there are other preference settings that affect
decryption.

   -

   Make sure *Enable decryption* is selected.


Are there any performance issues by leaving it enabled?

-- 
Graham Bloice

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