From: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
To: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@gmail.com>, devel@lists.open80211s.org
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net,
linville@tuxdriver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] {nl, cfg, mac}80211: Implement hidden mesh ID
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 08:24:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140908122454.GA29495@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1410156082-17313-1-git-send-email-yeohchunyeow@gmail.com>
On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 02:01:22PM +0800, Chun-Yeow Yeoh via Devel wrote:
> The hidden mesh ID is use to enhance the security of
> open mesh and possible secured mesh later on by not
> advertising the mesh ID during beacon generation,
> similar to hidden SSID implemented in AP mode.
I'm unconvinced - hidden SSID is not much of a security feature and it
seems like this would break all manner of things. Is it really worth
the pain when people can just use a secure mesh instead?
--
Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-08 12:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-08 6:01 [PATCH] {nl, cfg, mac}80211: Implement hidden mesh ID Chun-Yeow Yeoh
2014-09-08 12:24 ` Bob Copeland [this message]
2014-09-08 12:35 ` Yeoh Chun-Yeow
2014-09-08 13:15 ` Johannes Berg
2014-09-09 2:06 ` Yeoh Chun-Yeow
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