A campus survey discovers mesh backhaul SSIDs alongside user-facing city Wi-Fi names. How should those backhaul SSIDs be handled?
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Short Explanation
Backhaul and mesh SSIDs are the city's plumbing, not the lobby guest Wi-Fi. Leave them alone unless the paperwork names them in scope. Defaulting to 'test everything that beacons' is how infrastructure accidents happen.
Full Explanation
Mesh and backhaul SSIDs often support infrastructure links rather than end-user access. They can be operationally sensitive; testing them without explicit authorization risks outage and RoE breach. Assessors should inventory them, flag them for client discussion, and only include active testing when scope clearly covers those SSIDs/BSSIDs. Mislabeling them as ordinary client networks in reports is also inappropriate.