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Old 26th July 2006 | 18:59
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IO540
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Yes, but then the attacker would be in the second category.

Disabling SSID broadcast is just as useless if somebody is packet sniffing because intercepting any existing traffic will reveal both the SSID and the MAC.

WEP can be attacked too nowadays but it's still a bit obscure.

The other thing I wouldn't do is use one's house name / number as the SSID. A lot of people do that, and it makes it really easy to work out where one should be for best reception
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