JJZolx;538282 Wrote: > All these security arguments are valid, but they miss the intent of the > original question: "Is there a bug?". It shouldn't matter to the Touch > once it has been set up to use the SSID. Whether it 'saw' that SSID or > it was entered manually during setup shouldn't matter. If after it's > been set up the Touch cannot connect to the access point when the SSID > is hidden, then it's a bug. > > Here's an applicable bug for the Squeezebox Radio. Perhaps it affects > all SqueezeOS based devices: > > http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13259 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Ok, so now that you've verified a known bug, what do you do? You > carefully consider the security arguments above and get it through your > thick skull that hiding the SSID offers you absolutely no added security > against anyone with even half a mind to break into your network. So you > enable broadcasting of the SSID, the Touch connects, and you live > happily ever after.
The bug is in the router for allowing a non-spec setting. -- m1abrams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ m1abrams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=850 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77672 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
