[vpn] Update to: Securing 802.11b in W2K environment?
dgillett at deepforest.org
dgillett at deepforest.org
Tue Nov 13 09:55:17 EST 2001
On 8 Nov 2001, at 16:36, Kurt Seifried wrote:
> > 2.) It was also suggested that I not allow the access point to broadcast
> > various information, including the SSID and session name. As above, it
> > doesn't appear the Linksys WAP11 has this functionality.
>
> I wouldn't rely on SSID either, it's trivial to break in. Use a
> VPN to a secure gateway.
SSID is not -- was never! -- intended as a security mechanism. It
exists solely to allow a device which is within range of several WAPs
to figure out which one it is intended to communicate with -- as
such, it is broadcast in pretty much plain text.
DG
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