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Article:
  What Is Wireless Security
Subject:   Errors and omissions
Date:   2006-04-11 21:03:57
From:   MatthewGast
Response to: Errors and omissions

As security advice, SSID hiding is woefully misguided. All but the most rudimentary analysis tools automatically recover the SSID from network management traffic. Hiding the (unencrypted!) SSID serves only to break client devices and generate calls to the help desk.


Using WEP for anything other than casual security is advice that is years out of date. Networks built today should use WPA or WPA2 pre-shared keys at a minimum. Some devices, including a few small office devices sold at Best Buy, can also use the authenticated key management systems from 802.11i.


Contrary to what the article states, WEP keys can be distributed and refreshed through 802.1X. The first serious 802.1X interoperability demonstration happened in the Interop Labs in May of 2002, nearly four years ago.