Re: Problems with XP's built-in wireless manager!

From: Sooner Al (SoonerAl_at_somewhere.net.invalid)
Date: 06/21/04 

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 05:37:57 -0500

You might be interested in this long thread over on the DSL Reports forums concerning the issue of
broadcast or no broadcast of SSID enhancing your network security...

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8735225~mode=flat

Or to quote Eric Hicks, MS-MVP Mobile Devices, over on the microsoft.public.pocketpc.wireless news
group awhile back...

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"Yeah most problems I see like this are caused by ap's with disabled beacons. It's like a plane
trying to land at an airport with the runway lights turned off, with the naked eye you can't see it
(netstumbler) but with the right tools (kismet,airsnort) it's very clear."

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Personally, I broadcast my network SSID and take other measures to secure access to my home LAN
including WPA-PSK with a very long random key... 

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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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> braudcasting your SSID is a security risk! that is not an
> acceptible solution.
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: wireless router password security
    ... But please omit the step where disabling SSID broadcast. ... trying to connect to someone else's network. ... someone to connect to my wireless router. ...
    (alt.computer.security)
  • Re: wireless router password security
    ... But please omit the step where disabling SSID broadcast. ... to connect to someone else's network. ... HOW do they send a packet to the router? ...
    (alt.computer.security)
  • Re: Roaming Woes (PPC5555)
    ... broadcast or no broadcast of SSID enhancing your network security... ... I broadcast my network SSID and take other measures to secure access to my home LAN ... When I turn on the iPAQ at one location, having been previously connected to the other, ...
    (microsoft.public.pocketpc.wireless)
  • Re: Unsecured wireless network
    ... network to access it. ... Disable broadcast SSID feature. ... The SSID is used to assign an identifier to the wireless network ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • Re: Does SSID Broadcast have to be enabled?
    ... my 4350 doesn't work with SSID turned off but my ... Eric Hicks (MS-MVP Mobile Devices) ... > There really is no good reason to disable broadcast of the network SSID ... >> showed connection and data started to flow. ...
    (microsoft.public.pocketpc.wireless)
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