On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:24 PM, Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 02:01:22PM +0800, Chun-Yeow Yeoh via Devel wrote: >> The hidden mesh ID is use to enhance the security of >> open mesh and possible secured mesh later on by not >> advertising the mesh ID during beacon generation, >> similar to hidden SSID implemented in AP mode. > > I'm unconvinced - hidden SSID is not much of a security feature and it > seems like this would break all manner of things. Is it really worth > the pain when people can just use a secure mesh instead? > Yes, I agreed that this is not really a security feature. But I think that hidden mesh ID could provide a layer of protection to our mesh network, especially open mesh. For your information, by default this feature is turned off and only worked if user intended to have this. --- Chun-Yeow -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
