Re: F12 EEEPC 1000H WLAN with hidden SSID no go

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Tim:
>> And the lack of a name doesn't prevent anyone from using it.

Robert Moskowitz:
> No.  You MUST have the name to associate with the AP.  But all you
> have to do is force a current user of the AP to reassociate to get the
> name.  There are now attack tools that will do this for you....

Only in the sense that *YOU* (the client) need know which name to use,
but stopping the SSID from broadcasting the name doesn't keep that name
a secret.

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