On 05/17/2011 02:54 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > Hiding the SSID will stop only a casual bystander getting on to your network > by accident. Those who actually want to crack into a wireless network would > use some tool like airodump-ng (yum install aircrack-ng) to list any and all > wireless networks within reach, hidden or otherwise, and then pick which one > to crack. > > In other words, hiding SSID can be compared to a person putting an "I am > invisible" sticker on their forehead, and hoping that others would read it > and > ignore him. > > Hiding SSID is a matter of convenience, not security. Things like removing > the > clutter from user's list of available networks, avoiding accidental > connections by mobile devices, etc. I'm glad you raised this. I love the analogy. I stopped hiding my SSIDs a few years ago. By broadcasting the SSID, it cleared some some intermittent connection problems I used to have both with my Smartphones, but also with my laptops.
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