Miha
Wed Jul 21 01:53:15 CDT 2004
I wanted to add this link to it:
http://www.symbol.com/products/wireless/broadcasting_ssid_.html
Mike
"Miha Pihler" <miha-news@atlantis.si> wrote in message
news:O5dL%237ubEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Even if you don't broadcast your SSID you can still find it within e.g. an
> hour. My Wi-Fi enabled PDA will tell you that WLAN is available but that
it
> can't see SSID. All you have to do then is have about an hour of time and
> sniff the traffic. You can easily discover SSID even if you are not
> broadcasting it.
>
> Personally, I don't believe in security through obscurity. Hiding thing is
> only slightly better then no security.
>
> Mike
>
> "Peter" <pdede@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:FD54E20B-5450-4BD7-8D46-8CA63C61926F@microsoft.com...
> > The only way to be safe on having others spying on you is to disable
your
> SSID. This is your network name that if you do have enabled, others can
> possibly find available networks, which will be you. Change this setting
in
> your router configuration page. Hope this helps. Any other questions, feel
> free to email me at pdede@comcast.net
> > Have a great day!
> > --
> > Peter D.
> >
> >
> > "Miha Pihler" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > it depends how secure environment you would like to have and how
> interesting
> > > your data is.
> > >
> > > WEP is not secure due to design limitation. You should change to WPA.
If
> you
> > > can't at least increase key strength on your Wi-Fi device, but then
> again it
> > > won't do much (again because of WEP design limitations).
> > >
> > > You could include filtering by MAC address for added security (and
again
> MAC
> > > address can be changed)
> > >
> > > Security of the WEP algorithm
> > >
http://www.isaac.cs.berkeley.edu/isaac/wep-faq.html
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > "Headtheball" <noanswer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:etDR0DraEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > > is there a way of finding out if anyone can be hooking up to my
> wireless
> > > > connection. How do I know that my wireless network is secure? I have
a
> > > > wireless router and I have 64bit WEP encryption enabled on a shared
> key. I
> > > > dont however have the WR firewall enabled. What is the safest way to
> setup
> > > a
> > > > wireless network.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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