Best Wireless SSIDs You Have Seen?

Ant writes "Best SSIDs you have seen is the name of the new Broadband Reports' wireless security forum. Funny ones listed that made me chuckle: WardriversOpenAP, GET LOST, HackedAP, SecureAP (no WEP/WPA), TOP_SECRET, HPD-FieldOffice, MiddleEarth, HoneyPot, mine, and people's full/last name." I think naming your network 'Default' or 'Linksys' should be a crime ;)

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Best SSID

[harlingtoxad]

The best SSIDs are generic names like linksys or default. Generic names most always mean I get free wireless access.

-1 Lame

[CaptRespect]

Wow, a "story" on a slashdot forum about a lame "what's the best post" on another forum.

Too bad I can't mod the entire story as -1 LAME.

Well even though mine is cloaked...

[gamorck]

I can't speak for many others but my SSID is "KeepDrivingAsshole" - I've also seen one in my wardriving travels called, "LeaveMeAlone". Apparently somebody had already had a bit of fun with his network, eh?

I laughed my ass off at this one:

[anakin357]

BeaverNet, and before you ask.. yes, it was "wide open" :)

Why I'm A Bastard

[WombatControl]

I used to live fairly close to a major street and not too far from a university campus, so wardrivers were always trying to connect to my network.

So I decided to ask WWTBOFHD? (What Would The Bastard Operator From Hell Do?)

So, I set up a nice AP called 'linksys' with no WEP. Obviously, every freeloader on the planet would try and connect to it.

Oh, and you could connect to it alright. The problem was that it was connected directly to a proxy server that rerouted every web request directly to goatse.cx and blocked everything else.

Apparently the word got around, and the number of people trying to access that AP went down precipitously after that.

I'm such a bastard...

The best I've seen...

[xorowo]

At a hotel that charged for Internet access, someone had an access point with the SSID, "LeaveBeeror5dollarsatRoom505". Nice, cheap, easy Internet access without the $15 charge the hotel wanted.

WarTraining is c00l

[KE1LR]

During a trip last year on the Acela I ran NetStumbler for a couple of hours as we cruised toward Washington DC and was able to find hundreds of access points. Here are a couple of the interesting SSID's from the log:

• KeepDemBussesRollin (passing a state DOT building)
• Don't mooch off my shit
• testing-testing-testing

It was also common to use what looked like a business name or the a person's first name ("lisa") as the SSID. Some AP's had random alphanumerics or what was obviously an attempt at a password for the SSID.

I also did a very basic analysis of some of the interesting things I discovered, such as...

• Most AP's were advertising 11Mbit speed but about 16% advertised higher speeds. I'm not sure if the higher speeds were "a" networks, "g" networks or both. My laptop had an a/b wireless card.

• 1/3 of the AP's detected were using what was obviously their vendor's default SSID (i.e. "Linksys" "default" "NETGEAR")

• >60% of all AP's detected were not running WEP of any kind, but more than half of the Cisco AP's had WEP enabled (probably because end-users generally don't run Cisco stuff).

• Vendor breakdown (no they don't add up to 100%)
  • Linksys 38%
  • Cisco 17%
  • NetGear 11%
  • D-Link 6%
  • Symbol 4%
  • Apple 2%
  • Microsoft 2%
  • Proxim/Agere/Orinoco 2%
  • Belkin 1.5%
  • BreezeNet 1.5%
  • ... and a bunch of others that only appeared once or twice like Addtron, Sercomm,Gemtek, Z-Com, etc.

The sample size for this was about 250 AP's during the outbound trip. On the return trip I ran NetStumbler for a lerger portion of the ride and recorded over 1000 AP's (some of which were duplicates of course) but I haven't taken the time to anlyze this larger data set yet.

I didn't try to connect to any of the AP's... most of them would come and go within a few seconds anyway. :)

Re:My neighborhood

[Zeinfeld]

Twice now, I have seen "linksys" as the SSID. Both times, I logged in remotely to their router because the the owners kept the default password. So I changed their SSID to "Yeasty Cunts" and then I booted and blocked them off their own network. I felt that doing this would teach them a little lesson in security. In both instances, the owners had a better SSID, enabled a new password and either WEP or WPA within a day or two. Mission accomplished

In the process committing a serious crime.

You don't have the right to decide how other people should manage their network. The fault here lies with the manufacturers for providing systems that require too much effort to secure.

Terrorising people into behaving in the way you think they should is despicable. Who made you King?

Re:My neighborhood

[jarich]

Great job!

I knew this little old lady who didn't lock one of her windows, so I snuck in and changed all her locks and added a vulgar greeting to her answering machine! Boy was that funny!

Now she locks her windows, has new locks and generally has better security at her house! Mission accomplished! I'm glad I took the time to teach that stupid old lady a lesson.

Re:My neighborhood

[jarich]

does anybody have a better idea to help their neighbors?

The real question is why you feel the need to "help your neighbors"? What's the point?

It's not your job and they didn't ask you to. An open AP is not hurting anyone.

If you have an innate need to contribute to society, pick up trash by the side of the road... visit old folks in a retirement home... give blood... contribute to a SourceForge project.

But don't hack your neighbors to "teach them a lesson".