[kismac] Re: SSIDs
- From: Robbie Miller <rmiller021@xxxxxxx>
- To: kismac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:04:31 -0500
How hard would it be to make those changes?
On Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 12:05 AM, Bob Cunningham wrote:
>
> I'll admit to using the technique described in the article to hide
> the SSID for several access points I've install. And -- with
> KisMAC -- I've seen other access points configured that way.
>
> [Why? As the article points out, not broadcasting the SSID
> (i.e., removing it from BEACON packets) is not really secure.
> However, it does a little something discourage casual users.
> And not all access points can be configured to do it.]
>
> But frankly, I don't think KisMAC needs to "go active" in
> order to discover SSIDs which are hidden this way.
>
> When I monitor an access point set up that way with
> KisMAC what I see most of the time is a blank SSID.
> However, if I monitor a busy access point for long enough,
> the SSID will occasionally show. Only to vanish again quickly.
> Literally, "in the blink of an eye".
>
> I haven't found the logic behind that in the source code yet,
> but what I think happens is that while SSIDs are being
> suppressed in the beacons ... occasionally an ASSOCIATE
> or REASSOCIATE frame shows up. Which does have the
> SSID. KisMAC seems to (correctly) display that, but it quickly
> goes away. Probably because a beacon packet (without
> the SSID) shows up.
>
> Perhaps if the logic want changed so that:
>
> If an SSID shows up in in an ASSOCIATE or
> REASSOCIATE packet, display it.
>
> if BEACON packets show up afterwards with
> zero length SSID, do not change the display.
>
> ... in other words: if a non-zero-length SSID shows up,
> keep displaying it. Even if subsequent BEACON frames
> from that access point have zero-length SSIDs.
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, Apr 9, 2003, at 12:43 Pacific/Honolulu, Robbie Miller
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I think the next release of kismac should include the ability to
>> discover the name of hidden SSIDs.
>> http://www.tisc2002.com/newsletters/416.html
>> I have found this document, some of the options on the site would
>> cause
>> the Kismac to reveal it's self.
>> So in my opinion I think that there should be a menu option to make
>> kismac attempt to discover the SSID.
>>
>>
>
>
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