Re: [BAWUG] FreeBSD box as Acess Point without SSID broadcast

Toledo - Yahoo writes:
 > Does anyone know if is possible configure a FreeBSD box as AP to not
 > broacast SSID ? I have security reasons to make this.

Security through obscurity only works in the short term.  In this
case, about five minutes.  When a client makes a connection, it will
have the SSID in its packet.  You should doubt the reliability of
whoever told you to do this.

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