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On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 13:13 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:

> I think using random data is a problem by itself.  Are we exposing
> random pieces of kernel memory in probe requests?  That's bad.

You misunderstood. wpa_supplicant _explicitly_ tells us it _wants_ to
use that 32-byte random SSID. It's just like it telling us it wants to
use the ssid "foobar" or "Pavel's House" or ... I don't see what we can
do, other than actually take it seriously and at least attempt to
connect to that network.

johannes

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