Re: wireless is strange

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Dave Ihnat <dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 05:32:03PM +0100, antonio wrote:
>> as network is a an extension of an office network, I do not want
>> anybody even see that network is extended....
>
> With all due respect, it doesn't matter.  The Bad Guys(Tm) *will* see it,
> SSID or not.  WiFi scanning tools return all channels, with or without a
> SSID.  So why obfuscate your network to no advantage?  It just gets in the
> way of legitimate administration and users.

And even more importantly, laptops and phones need to search for hidden
SSID's, so they are constantly broadcasting the fact that they are
looking for a certain SSID, even when they aren't anywhere near that
SSID.  People with hidden SSID's are effectively letting people track
them wherever they go. ;-)

-wolfgang
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