wireless is strange

[antonio]

Tim ha scrito il 30/12/2014 alle 15:47:
> Allegedly, on or about 30 December 2014, bruce sent:
>> whether or not hiding does any good or not isn't the issue with what
>> antonio was/is presenting..
>>
>> he;s simply saying/asking if there should be a bug filed in this case,
>> or if seeing a "?" is the correct behaviour in the case of there being
>> hidden SSIDs?
>
> But do you want to go bug hunting regarding a bad way of using a
> network, or would you rather just have a working network?
>
> It doesn't help in the way people think it does, and it does cause you
> problems hiding it.  That was yet another one...
>
> Heck, it's even more tempting when you hide the SSID, to some computer
> users.  On one of my computers with a horrible Windows OS, access points
> with hidden SSIDs aren't omitted from the list of available networks,
> they're actually listed as a hidden network (or similar words that I
> can't quite remember right now), to all users on the computer, not just
> to something that script kiddies might be playing with.
>
> Seriously, turn on the SSID, make life easier for yourself, whether
> you're just an end user, or a network administrator having to deal with
> all the support issues for your users.
>
> It's like a "don't touch, wet paint," sign.
>
>
>
as network is a an extension of an office network, I do not want anybody 
even see that network is extended....

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