[access-uk] Re: Showing SSID
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:49:45 -0000
Hi Andy,
WPA is a necessary security. After all, you don't want any
Tom, Dick or Harry using your wireless system to access the
internet, do you? (And perhaps even hacking your own
system.)
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Collins
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:45 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Showing SSID
Hi George -
This is what I thought, and although Tristram mentioned
using WPA for extra
security, I imagine the average home user not to be so at
risk, or is that
being a bit naive? -
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 1:33 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Showing SSID
| Hi Andy,
|
| When you have wireless, the SSID can as you have found
out,
| be either shown or hidden. There's nothing sinister in
it,
| just that for example, a hotel might have wireless access
| for its guests, and one for it's own use. Therefore they
| don't want to publicise their private one.
|
| Either which way, if access requires a WEP, hopefully only
| those with the key can gain access.
|
| George.
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Collins
| Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:55 PM
| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: [access-uk] Showing SSID
|
| Just trying to understand why hiding SSID on a wireless
| network is so
| important when a wep pass key has been created? -
|
| Andy
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