At 8:36 AM -0700 8/4/2011, [email protected] wrote:
I simply set the router to the randomly generated SSID, then save
the router's configuration.
And then you magically remember which such SSID is yours, so you can
help your friends connect when they're sitting there trying to puzzle
out which of the 6 WAPs they see, with nonsensical names, be you.
I think branding your SSID with your own actual address is in itself
a security risk!
People make the same argument regarding the use of large house
numbers, viewable from the street.
Either your doors are locked, or they aren't.
Thinking you're secure because you're hiding under a bush is dumb.
Although I do enjoy the whole schtick from Monty Python - the "not
being seen" sketches. sigh. Yes, I have several ceramic penguins.
Security through obscurity just doesn't work.
- Dan.
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