>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSID:
"This method is not secure, because every time someone connects to the
network, the SSID is transmitted in cleartext even if the wireless
connection is otherwise encrypted. An eavesdropper can passively sniff
the wireless traffic on that network undetected (with something like
Kismet), and wait for someone to connect, revealing the SSID."
poc
Thanks for your reply! So hidding SSID makes no sense at all. The funny
thing is in my DLINK router, there is a check box to hide the SSID which
seems an illusion to the users that hidding SSID is safer. I alway avoid
using wireless connection for important online transactions such as
banking, ecommerce etc. I do it on my wired machines.
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