Re: WLAN with WG511 (China / Marvell Chipset): SSID hiding etc.
Hi,
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Harald Husemann <bofh@dark-hackers.de> wrote:
Sorry, I can't help you with the previous questions.
> 3. It seems that ndiswrapper (or wpa_supplicant, unsure about this) stops
> working when I switch off SSID broadcast. But, I'd like to hide my SSID
> because of security risks, so has someone getting it working with SSID
> hiding?
Hiding an SSID isn't a security option since hidden SSIDs can be
retrieved by malicious wardrivers interested to your wireless net.
> Thanks,
>
> and have a nice hackin',
U too mate,
joystick
--
GnuPG key on http://keyserver.veridis.com:11371 KeyID 0x399ED0F6
Reply to: