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

Russell Nelson wrote:
> 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.
> 

Hmmm.. If you mean the broadcast beacons that allow your AP
to be detected by Netstumbler et al then this is quite a valid
exercise. What I am researching at the moment is how to make
my FreeBSD network invisible. Only those clients who I wish to allow
a connection would be given the necessary configuration.

Is this what you are trying to achieve?


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