Thread: Wifi hardening
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Old 12-20-2006, 07:41 PM
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Default Re: Wifi hardening

Chris Davies wrote:
> atec 77 <"atec77 "@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Stop broadcast of the SSID

>
> Please don't do this.
>
> It doesn't stop anyone with the tools to hack WEP (although I see you're
> using WPA; good) and makes it harder for anyone else in range to *avoid*
> the channel you're using.
>
> Chris


Disabling SSID broadcasting also makes it difficult for the user to
access the user's network, and can make it difficult to retain the
connection.

Q

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