summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/NEWS
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorThomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com>2022-04-06 18:18:24 +0200
committerThomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com>2022-04-06 18:28:06 +0200
commit8e76b08e1c0bb3637b3dea81b6efd388c7b271e6 (patch)
tree3e12f2998337a7f61e77c06409f467578dbd3707 /NEWS
parent1d7bea8cf6b09ca89c9d062606b12ad45b528e84 (diff)
downloadNetworkManager-8e76b08e1c0bb3637b3dea81b6efd388c7b271e6.tar.gz
NEWS: update
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
-rw-r--r--NEWS24
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5277f56a1a..937dbaefa0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,10 +8,20 @@ subject to change and not guaranteed to be compatible with
the later release.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE!
+* Add support for route type "throw".
* Wi-Fi hotspots will use a (stable) random channel number unless one is
chosen manually.
-* Add new dummy crypto backend "null" that does nothing. We need a
- crypto library for handling certificates for 802.1x profiles.
+* NetworkManager will no longer advertise frequencies as supported when
+ they're disallowed in configured regulatory domain.
+* Attempt to connect to WEP-encrypted Wi-Fi network will now fail
+ gracefully with a recent version of wpa_supplicant when built
+ without WEP support. As long as wpa_supplicant supports WEP,
+ NetworkManager will continue to work.
+* Disable WPA3 transition mode for wifi.key-mgmt=wpa-psk if the NIC
+ does not support PMF. This is known to cause problems in some setups. It
+ is still possible to explicitly configure wifi.key-mgmt=sae for WPA3.
+* Add new dummy crypto backend "null" that does nothing. NetworkManager
+ uses the crypto library when handling certificates for 802.1x profiles.
* Veth devices with name "eth*" are now managed by default via the
udev rule. This is to support managing the network in LXD containers.
* The hostname received from DHCP is now shortened to the first dot
@@ -19,15 +29,15 @@ USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE!
* As the insecure WEP encryption for Wi-Fi network is phased out,
nmcli now discourages its use when activating or modifying a
profile.
-* Attempt to connect to WEP-encrypted Wi-Fi network will now fail
- gracefully with a recent version of wpa_supplicant when built
- without WEP support.
-* NetworkManager will no longer advertise frequencies as supported when
- they're disallowed in configured regulatory domain.
* Fix connectivity checks in case the check endpoint address resolves to
multiple addresses.
* Workaround libcurl blocking NetworkManager while resolving DNS names.
+* nmcli: indicate missing Wi-Fi hardware when showing rfkill setting.
+* nmcli: add connection migrate command to move a profile to a specified
+ settings plugin. This allows to convert profiles in the deprecated ifcfg-rh
+ format to keyfile.
* Updated translations.
+* Various bugfixes and internal improvements.
The following changes were backported to 1.36.x releases between 1.36.0
and 1.36.4 are also present in NetworkManager-1.38: