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.


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