From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 29 22:15:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 684E716A402 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:15:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: from smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (smtprelay01.ispgateway.de [80.67.18.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77FB143D46 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:15:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: (qmail 15913 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2006 22:15:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) ([pbs]775067@[217.50.133.71]) (envelope-sender ) by smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 29 Apr 2006 22:15:39 -0000 Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 00:15:28 +0200 From: Fabian Keil To: dick hoogendijk Message-ID: <20060430001528.5f5bb4bd@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20060429183952.GA67391@arwen.nagual.st> References: <20060429183952.GA67391@arwen.nagual.st> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.17; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) X-PGP-KEY-URL: http://www.fabiankeil.de/gpg-keys/freebsd-listen-2006-08-19.asc Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_DEGa+Hd31oE/tABDMaVipid"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: ssid broadcast X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:15:45 -0000 --Sig_DEGa+Hd31oE/tABDMaVipid Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable dick hoogendijk wrote: > Is it possible to have a wifi card in hostap mode NOT to broadcast its > ssid (like most routers can)? > I have one in one of my hosts and this is not secure (as I understand). > Mimimal security would be not to broadcast and have wep on. man ifconfig: |hidessid | When operating as an access point, do not broadcast the SSID in | beacon frames or respond to probe request frames unless they are | directed to the ap (i.e., they include the ap's SSID). By | default, the SSID is included in beacon frames and undirected | probe request frames are answered. To re-enable the broadcast of | the SSID etc., use -hidessid. Fabian --=20 http://www.fabiankeil.de/ --Sig_DEGa+Hd31oE/tABDMaVipid Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEU+WHjV8GA4rMKUQRAv5QAKDRNTOsyMiJM0OhB6k88TOdVJG8BACeLFjp ZOfO/GbSOrj6ecO3b75aDsc= =uIuU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_DEGa+Hd31oE/tABDMaVipid--