Fred A. Miller wrote:
Here's something I just found and points to where the "real" problem with hidden sites is, when for awhile I assumed it was KNetworkmanager....so did others.
For almost 2 weeks, I've been using the ipw3945 driver and the standard ifup method to connect. I just changed from that driver to the iwl3945 driver, stopped the ipw driver and used Yast to setup using the iwl driver with KNetworkmanager.....just to see what happend. I've NOT been able to see hidden sites, including my own at home, with KNetworkmanager.......now I can.
There's not much point in hiding the SSID, as it doesn't do much to stop attackers. It also means that a neighbour, looking for a clear spot to put his WiFi, might chose the same channel as yours. The best way to get WiFi security, is to use WPA (WPA2 if possible), which is very secure. WEP is not. I've also got my home WiFi (WPA2) on the outside of my firewall, so SSH, with public key authentication or OpenVPN are required to reach my network. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org