On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 01:05:06PM +0100, Paul Jakma wrote:
| On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, Cian Cullinan wrote:
| > WPA + not broadcasting the ESSID? One could always physically
| Oh, "not broadcasting ESSID" doesnt do much does it? It can still be
| recovered by watching traffic, no?
The ESSID broadcast thing doesn't save you from somebody determined to
get at your network but rather conceals it from the wardriver going past
at 30MPH.
It's an interesting thought, if there are no connected clients, does network
broadcast traffic get sent out onto the wireless LAN?
Paul
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