On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 10:32 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > > At last iwlwifi HW scanning can handle up to 4 essids for direct > > scan but currently wireless tools interface cannot utilize this. > > Does anybody actually *want* that? I personally dislike the behaviour > of scanning for all previously known SSIDs actively when hidden SSIDs > are so uncommon, I see it as an information disclosure vulnerability. I can't speak for what others may want, but the Payment Card Industry security guidelines include not broadcasting the SSID as one of their requirements, if that is what you mean by "hidden SSIDs." -- Vincent C Jones <v.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Networking Unlimited, Inc. -- 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
