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== Name of Project ==

NetworkManager Web Authentication 

== Description ==

NetworkManager knows how to connect to many different types of networks, both wired and wireless, and can auto-authenticate to WEP and WPA networks. However, it can't auto-authenticate to networks that require a web-based login, which includes many wired and wireless networks such as SeneNET and AirYork.

Modify NetworkManager so that it talks (though dbus) to a Firefox extension for automatic login to a web-authenticated network.

Resources: ctyler, (roc, callion for dbus) 

== Leader(s) ==
* [[User:jtarka|Jason Tarka]]

== Project Contributor(s) ==

* [[User:Scott | Scott Lunel]], [[User:Pplam3|Patrick Lam]], [[User:Twlai1|Tony Lai]] - network login page screenshot and HTML

== Contribution Opportunities ==
* Test on different web-authenticated networks (0.3 or 0.4 release)
* Network authentication web pages (ie: SeneNET, AirYork, etc)
** HTML
** Screenshot
** URL to login (ie: https://net1.senecac.on.ca) (optional)
* Keeping directory structures intact when exporting files during build (see [http://belligero.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23:networkmanager-automatic-web-authentication-01-pre-release&catid=2:osd600&Itemid=4 this blog post] for more details)

== Project Details ==
=== Releases ===
==== 0.1 - October 18, 2008 ====
* XPCOM objects & extension that communicates with DBus
* Proof-of-concept of having an external program talking with an extension
* Source & compiled files can be found [http://belligero.org/school/OSD600/nmAutoLogin-0.1.tar.gz here]
* [http://belligero.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24 More detailed blog entry on the release]

==== 0.2 - November 15, 2008 ====
* DBus listener put into background thread, no longer ties up Firefox
* Split into 2 extensions in case anybody else wants to try it out
* Direction gathered from NetworkManager mailing list for the 0.3
* More organized codebase and terminal output
* Source & compiled files can be found [http://www.belligero.org/school/OSD600/nmautologin-0.2.tar.gz here]
* [http://www.belligero.org/blog-layout/31-networkmanager-automatic-web-authentication-02 More detailed blog entry on the release]

== Project News / Updates ==
11/19/2008 -
* Contributions by Patrick Lam and Tony Lai

11/15/2008 -
* All files packaged, and releasing 0.2

11/14/2008 -
* All modifications to 0.1 for 0.2 have been completed.  I will package it all and upload it tomorrow, along with the usual blog post to explain it

11/12/2008-
* Scott Lunel provided a contribution of information
* Extension now listens in background for a signal, rather than holding up the browser
* Main components of 0.3 have been decided upon
** External app to act as an in-between for Firefox and NetworkManager

11/10/2008 -
* Contribution from Scott Lunel

11/3/2008 -
* Posted [http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2008-November/msg00019.html updated ideas] to the NetworkManager Mailing list

10/17/2008 -
* Near-complete 0.1 release ready.  A few small fixes would be nice, but seems good to go
* Added some major events to wiki

10/14/2008 -
* The XPCOM objects compile, and have DBus support in them

10/09/2008 -
* I now know I need XPCOM objects too talk with the D-Bus bus
* Almost have the components compiled, then can add functionality
* I am now using C++ rather than Python--easier to understand

09/28/2008 -
* Signed up for the NetworkManager mailing list
* Asked for ideas for project, general dislike of using Firefox, suggestion of libraries to use
** Would still need a Javascript engine

09/23/2008 -
* Started looking into Python for DBus communication

09/18/2008 -
* Met with [[User:David.humphrey | David]] and [[User:Chris_Tyler | Chris]] to talk about how this will be done
* 0.1 release will be a small extension in Firefox and a second program to talk back & forth via dbus

09/16/2008 -
* Created Project page for this project.

== NetworkManager Bugs ==
* [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526233 NM spews too many messages if system settings service can't start]
* [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551777 nm-applet crashes when selecting a WiFi network]
* [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552915 NetworkManager fails access to keyring]