<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">This is going off on a tangent from the original, but given the current state of cracking tools and the wholesale marketing of such to non-tech-savvy end users, would<br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">'security through obscurity' still be a bad policy? - if the script kiddies are using "store-bought" cracking suites that do not check for hidden SSIDs, etc, but just grab the low-hanging fruit of visible SSIDs, hiding might be better now that is used to be, when the crackers were also hackers<br>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Brian MacLeod <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nym.bnm@gmail.com" target="_blank">nym.bnm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 9/26/13 12:36 PM, Alex Carver wrote:<br>
> I know it could be discovered by a determined person, it was more<br>
> about obscurity than anything else. Let people aim for the<br>
> "2WIREnnn" SSIDs floating around the area and skip over the blank<br>
> one. I've got MAC filters on there, too (still not perfect but<br>
> better) so I'll just leave it up for a little while. If I end up<br>
> not using the wireless much I may just hide the SSID again.<br>
<br>
<br>
Actually, coming from the cracker state of mind, you're going to look<br>
more interesting than the others because you're using techniques that<br>
aren't really helping security, and that would point to other such<br>
measures in use (whether true or not). A target who "thinks" he's<br>
more secure but really isn't is just the kind of place I would want to<br>
be, because the target may not be as proactive as they should be, and<br>
I can do more damage from there.<br>
<br>
Food for thought.<br>
<br>
I think all you'll prevent is attempts to join your network from the<br>
less initiated, which the other forms of security will easily take of<br>
as well.<br>
<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
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