Comment on After seeing Wi-Fi network named “STINKY,” Navy found hidden Starlink dish on US warship
Thetimefarm@lemm.ee 1 week agoI think it’d be more for obfuscation than completely hiding it. As long as there are other hidden networks on the ship you just name it something generic that blends in. I mean this whole thing is a really stupid idea, but naming it something like “COM.NAB_ISO:4133” would draw less attention.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
It’s absolutely mind-boggling that the existing WiFi infrastructure on the military ship didn’t trigger any alarms. This is the kind of thing that you can get from “pro-Sumer” grade hardware like Ubiquiti, let alone corporate-grade or military-grade stuff. The feature is called “Rogue Access Point Detection” and it’s built into literally every WiFi solution on the market. Like, your local library is analyzing this stuff it’s that basic.
antimongo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yup, I did some on-campus IT work while I was in college and it was super trivial to detect when people would have their own networks on the dorms
lud@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Wasn’t that allowed?
jmf@lemm.ee 1 week ago
At mine it was not. Hotspots and the like that stayed up for too long were flagged and action was taken to have them disabled and the student reprimanded.