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Re: linksys???
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Originally Posted by couch_manager
It's actually not a security risk to leave the SSID as is. The SSID is just a name. Even disabling broadcast of the SSID won't do you any good. A packet sniffer can easily discover the SSID. The best one can do to secure wireless is to use WPA2 encryption with a strong key.
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Right. But my point was that when there's an SSID with the name "linksys", it's likely due to an unsavvy user who doesn't know to encrypt. Thus, the security risk.
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What if this wasn't a rhetorical question?
All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
Last edited by paintmered; 08-08-2010 at 09:30 AM.
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