Lucas Reddinger wrote: > so the question is: is wi(4) secure at all? if i choose to run openbsd > for a point-to-point wifi connection, i choose a specific nwid and > channel. but since i cannot select bssid nor even chan, the two nodes > just connect to the best looking signal under the given nwid. so some > wardriver comes along, sets his prism as hostap, sets his nwid the > same as mine, and sticks his antenna directly in front of one of my > node's antenna. the the point-to-point connection fails.
setting a preferred bssid doesn't solve this at all, it just means that your attacker has to set her bssid (trivial) before their spoof your peer. use ipsec if you care about the traffic that does over such a link
