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[NMLUG] Linux Router/Firewall
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 09:43:35PM -0600, Peter Espen
carved this out of pure phosphors:
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> > No. Tools such as Kismet will listen to the packets and a) notice a stealthed
> > network, and b) attempt to destealth it. It's more trouble than it's worth.
> >
>
> Sure, that's true, but "more trouble than it's worth"? I don't agree.
> It's really no trouble and can't hurt.
It's kinda like "Hey everyone, there's something I feel is worth cloaking. Plz
peek under the cloak!!!!", at least to me. You may feel differently, but I
wouldn't even bother hiding the SSID.
>
> Here's a comment from dslreports regarding hiding SSIDs:
>
> Disabling the SSID in the beacon only keeps a tool such as NetStumbler
> from seeing your AP. Tools like Kismet or AirSnort will see them no matter
> what and will capture weak keys, flag networks responding to probe
> requests, list the MAC address of the AP and any associating clients, show
> the IP range of the network and help to crack the WEP keys.
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