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Re: The "nomap" Network Identifier Suffix

2013-11-27 14:27:52
More of a reason for it to be at the 802.11 level, not SSID. Say what we mean, 
not just a hint.

On Nov 27, 2013, at 3:21 PM, Mark Andrews <marka(_at_)isc(_dot_)org> wrote:


In message <B939184E-AE28-44CE-A6E5-80EDB34E32CD(_at_)nominum(_dot_)com>, Ted 
Lemon writes
:
On Nov 26, 2013, at 11:52 PM, John Levine <johnl(_at_)taugh(_dot_)com> wrote:
And it has the same problem as do-not-track, there's no way to tell
whether people you don't trust are following it.

I thought the point was for it to advise network geolocation survey bots
that the hotspot with this ssid is mobile and can't be used for
geolocation.


The point was for it to advise network survey bots that the hotspot
with this ssid can't/shouldn't be recorded in any database.

There are reasons to set this other than the ap is mobile.

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