Re: wireless router password security

bz wrote:

"Kyle T. Jones" <Email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:fvvj3k$a5m$1@xxxxxxxx:

Sebastian G. wrote:
Kyle T. Jones wrote:


http://www.howtodothings.com/computers-internet/how-to-protect-a-linksy
s-wrt54g-router-using-wap-and-wep


But please omit the step where disabling SSID broadcast. It doesn't
change anything about the security, doesn't make your network invisible
at all, but
surely creates a lot of trouble with your client accidentially trying
to connect to someone else's network.

Good point.

I don't follow the logic. Disabling SSID makes it more difficult for someone to connect to my wireless router (WEP turned on also).


Actually it makes them easier to accidentally to connect to your network instead of another SSID-disabled network.

They will have to wait until I have a connection in progress and sniff that to find the router's SSID.


This would require cracking the encryption.

> During the times when there is nothing

connected, the SSID is not broadcast, so they can't WAR DRIVE by my house when I am not there and try to bust in.


Bull***. They can simply send packet to the router, which then replies with packets. So they can create their own traffic required for the encryption cracking attempt.

Also, my laptop, doesn't try to 'accidental' connect to other networks.
It needs to know the SSID for my wireless router in order to establish connection.


Argh, it seems like you really don't have a clue how things works. Hint: Your laptop tries to connect to the other router on the MAC layer, tries to establish an association, with the SSID, and fails. Now it connects to a third router, tries the same, fails. Now it connects to the second router... long story short, it can very easily happen that you'll never connect to the right router at all, since you're intentionally suppressing the required information for locating the right one.

I don't tell my laptop wireless card to connect to any available access point, so it isn't going to connect to anything unless I tell it to do so.


OK, you can connect to (NAMELESS NETWORK), (NAMELESS NETWORK) or (NAMELESS NETWORK). Now which one is it?
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