RE: Wireless SSID discovery

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>]

Kismet doesn't need it to be broadcast to get the SSID, it looks at the
packets. As you sure you have the correct key? 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Bagrin [mailto:abagrin () gmail com] 
> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:43 PM
> To: pen-test () securityfocus com
> Subject: Wireless SSID discovery
>
> I'm doing a wireless pen-test and am able to use aircrack  to 
> crack the wep key, however, when I use Kismet, Cain, airdump 
> etc.. I can't get the SSID of a the access point if the SSID 
> broadcast has been disabled.  Does anyone know how to do 
> this, or is there any tools that will let you get the SSID 
> even if its not being broadcasted.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew