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wifi hotspots are srs bidniss
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FunTak
Posts: 110
Registered: 2003-1-29 10:18:33
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
wifi hotspots are srs bidniss
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Mine is "I KNOW YOURE LISTENING"
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The-Sofa-King
Title: King of the Futons
Posts: 144
Registered: 2002-7-9 22:06:31
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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ArchrikerHG posted:
mine is non broadcasting, like everyone's should be...so the name doesn't matter
You realize that doesn't really matter? Finding a hidden SSID is actually a trivial task. There are plenty of tools out there that can find your wifi, even if you hide it. In fact, wireless SSIDs were never designed to be hidden in the first place. As long as you are using WPA2 encryption, and you make sure that you are using a strong network key, you are just as secure with a hidden SSID as you are with one broadcasting.
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AkagiyamaMissile
Title: Lord of the Lactose Intolerant
Posts: 3,975
Registered: 2003-4-22 07:39:44
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Fenlenus posted:
Mine is Pretty Fly For a Wi Fi
OK that almost made me spit out my beer.
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Jezza_Belle
Title: =^.^=
Posts: 2,771
Registered: 2001-2-24 02:29:30
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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mine is
Router of Doom
before the power outage someone had "Don't even try!", but now I see it's been reset to the basic Dlink name and is again unsecured, LOL.
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Date Posted:
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God bless you all for broadcasting your SSID, I really appreciate people like you. Honestly.
Parents wireless? Wow.
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-Foxy-
Title: Moderator
Ãœber Brat
Posts: 6,565
Registered: 2002-5-29 21:46:17
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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i was told once that if you make it a porn type name, no one will try to break in to it thinking it was a porn site full of virus's
no idea if that is true or not.
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Onslaught.
Title: I've always wanted a title.
Posts: 1,377
Registered: 2001-2-13 13:46:37
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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-Foxy- posted:
i was told once that if you make it a porn type name, no one will try to break in to it thinking it was a porn site full of virus's
no idea if that is true or not.
I think you way over estimate human intelligence.
They'd be more likely to get in to it in search of porn...
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-Foxy-
Title: Moderator
Ãœber Brat
Posts: 6,565
Registered: 2002-5-29 21:46:17
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Date Posted:
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lol
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Onslaught.
Title: I've always wanted a title.
Posts: 1,377
Registered: 2001-2-13 13:46:37
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Mine is The Hammer.
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Surge_MT
Posts: 213
Registered: 2001-5-9 11:10:00
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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The-Sofa-King posted:
ArchrikerHG posted:
mine is non broadcasting, like everyone's should be...so the name doesn't matter
You realize that doesn't really matter? Finding a hidden SSID is actually a trivial task. There are plenty of tools out there that can find your wifi, even if you hide it. In fact, wireless SSIDs were never designed to be hidden in the first place. As long as you are using WPA2 encryption, and you make sure that you are using a strong network key, you are just as secure with a hidden SSID as you are with one broadcasting.
Not only that, the performance of wireless networks degrades with hidden SSID's, and results in higher power drain from your wireless devices, which must now actively probe for what is supposed to be seen in a broadcast. This active probing continues even after successful association.
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