On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:55:02 +0100, Martin Underwood wrote:

"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Martin Underwood) wrote:

Presumably if the wireless LAN has been configured sensibly, it will
reject any "casual" attempts to connect to it:

- don't broadcast SSID

Security by obscurity, pretty useless.

Is the SSID readable by more subtle means, or is the only way to connect if
the SSID is not broadcast to try likely names in turn (brute force)?

It's covered in something I was reading earlier
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=43 "The six dumbest ways to secure a
wireless LAN "

Steve