Tim wrote:
On Sat, 2013-01-19 at 14:50 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote:
Another idiocy in the F18 installer is that there is no way to
configure wireless connectivity if the WAP does not broadcast its
SSID. Clicking on the configure button does nothing unless you select
an entry from the drop down list. You don't even get a message saying
you need to select a wireless connection.
Yeah, well, when you break networking by not broadcasting the SSID, what
do you expect?
Actually "missing capability formerly working in previous releases" is not quite
the same thing as "breaking networking," and on a related note, broadcasting an
SSID which does not contain printing characters in YOUR character set isn't "not
broadcasting the SSID." Yes, I have slightly broadened the discussion, that was
what some WAP I have used did when no SSID was provided.
SSID is a normal, and expected, part of wireless networking.
Hiding it is not a security solution, of any kind.
There is no "a security solution," layered security includes many things, no one
of which can be considered a solution.
When this discussion came up the years ago I actually set up two retired
unsecured 801.11b WAP (not connected to anything important), one called NODE41
and one using all blanks. They were next to a college dorm. NODE41 got over
hiding SSID, though before canned scripts and strong encryption there may have
been some benefit, just a data point.
Hiding it is an idiocy promulgated by dimwits who have no idea what
they're talking about.
If my points are so weak that I have to resort to calling names, I avoid making
them. That's why I actually checked to see if there was any difference.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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