On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Richard Kaye <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You don't have to broadcast the SSID > > Broadcasting your SSID is not a security vulnerability, any more than > having house numbers on your house. If you lock down your network with > WPA2, then it doesn't matter if everyone knows your SSID. If you don't > lock down your network, it's easy enough to sniff the SSID even if it > is not broadcast. This is just one of those stupid myths.
I seem to remember that hiding your SSID makes your network more vulnerable. This is all I can find: http://www.wikihow.com/Secure-Your-Wireless-Home-Network 6. Don't disable the 'SSID Broadcast'. Do not disable the 'SSID Broadcast' feature of your Access Point or router. This seems counter-intuitive, but it is actually a bad idea.[3] Although this would make your network invisible to your neighbors, any determined hacker can still sniff out your SSID; and you are implicitly forcing your computer to shout out your SSID anywhere you are, while it is trying to connect to it. Anyone could then impersonate your router with that SSID, and get your credentials that way. -- Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
