So to get into your network you would have to do the following: 1. Find the network (given that SSID beacon is off) 2. Break the WPA encryption 3. Grab a valid MAC to associate with the AP 4. Select an unused IP (no spoofing required)
Of these, all are trivially easy to do except step 2, which given a decent password is basically impossible unless (and possibly even if) you're the NSA. Hence, you could switch on the SSID and switch off the MAC filtering and still be just as secure as you were before. However now you wouldn't have all those niggly little issues with devices which like to see the SSID or which have a new MAC to add to the router. More convenience, more compatibility, same security. -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46953 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
