RE: wireless access point

From: David Gillett (gillettdavid_at_fhda.edu)
Date: 06/04/03

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    To: "'Leopoldo Dato'" <ldato@shaw.ca>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 10:48:11 -0700

      Not with NetStumbler (boo hoo). Apparently, though, some of
    the Linux-only wardriving utilities will capture an SSID by
    sniffing existing traffic rather than rely on trying to provoke
    a broadcast.

    David Gillett

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Leopoldo Dato [mailto:ldato@shaw.ca]
    > Sent: June 3, 2003 15:00
    > To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: wireless access point
    >
    > Is there any way of detecting wireless access point that
    > doesn't broadcast the SSID?

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