On 05/23/2011 08:03 AM, Genes MailLists wrote: > (sorry I lost the threading info ... ) > >> Time Smith wrote: > >> Late to the party, but just for useful information, disabling SSID >> broadcast is NOT a violation of of 802.11 :-) It's mandatory to put >> the SSID information element in your beacons, but there's nothing >> that says you have to tell the truth, and likewise no explicit >> prohibition against including multiple SSID > > > Thanks for clarifying - I suppose this is the relevant section (8.4.2 > in 802.11i): > >>> The STA’s IEEE 802.11 management entity shall utilize the > MLME-SCAN.request primitive to identify >> neighboring STAs that assert robust security and advertise an SSID identifying an authorized ESS or IBSS. >> A STA may decline to communicate with STAs that fail to advertise an RSN information element in their >> Beacon and Probe Response frames or that do not advertise an authorized SSID. A STA may also decline to >> communicate with other STAs that do not advertise authorized authentication and cipher suites within their >> RSN information elements. >> >> A STA shall advertise the same RSN information element in both its Beacon and Probe Response frames. >> > > Kinda reads like in fact it does require the beacon to tell the truth > ... and therefore that the SSID must indeed be in beacon and be the same > as in the probe response ... but perhaps others can parse this document > better than me .. :-) Actually it reads to me as though it can use the MLME-SCAN stuff to identify STAs that _DO_ assert robust security and advertise their SSID. I don't read it to say you _HAVE_ to advertise your SSID. "I'm not a lawyer and I've never played one on TV..." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks@xxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a - - rigged demo. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
