HI all! :) I don't understand how this is a Microsoft flaw. Isn't this how ad-hoc WLAN's work?
If you've got two machines on a table, both with the same SSID, but neither one advertising - they wouldn't see each other and be unable to make a connection. Would this not be (more accurately stated as) a flaw in the way ad-hoc networks are implemented? - Stan :) -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Windows wireless flaw... Your assumptions are correct, sir, at least according to my (limited) tests. Although it was covered in the blog post I think maybe I can paraphrase a bit clearer. It's not so much which network you connect to initially, when that network is no longer available Windows will try to set up an ad-hoc network with the previous WLAN SSID on the 169.254.X.X subnet. On Monday 16 January 2006 15:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm under the impression that this can be a problem even if the > networks connected to previously were infrastructure types? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 10:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Windows wireless flaw... > > I've seen this behavior for months. It's real. > > The steps listed in the article (firewall, "Infrastructure Only", > etc.) are sufficient to nullify this flaw. > > ~Jeff > > > > > Has anyone tested this out? If so, what are you thinking about doing > to prevent it? > > http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/01/windows_feature.ht > ml > > I'm trying to see if I can get my test machine to do it--incidentally > I have noticed two ad-hoc networks these last two days. (One has a (1) > appended to it--not sure what is adding the one). > > > Kind Regards > Murad Talukdar > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- //Begin sig Aaron Phillips Technician, SYSTECH Computers 989-743-4296 I sign all of my messages with a PGP Public Key using the Open Source version of PGP, GNU Privacy Guard. More information is available at the website http://www.gnupg.org/ My public key is available for import on hkp://subkeys.pgp.net and also http://www.systech-computers.com/keys //End sig --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
