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Author: Mike Hoy
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To: plug-discuss
Old-Topics: Re: (OT) Recommended Good Wireless Places in the Valley
Subject: actiontech 'wardriving NO Wep' (was: (OT) Recommended Good Wireless Places in the Valley)
Cool. There is an actiontech 'wardriving NO Wep' in the mobile home park in
> > which I live. Is that good? What the heck am I talking about




wardriving is a term that is derived from 'war dialing'.
basically war drivers drive around with the wifi/gps enabled laptop or
pda 'discovering' open access points and security enabled access point
to 'gather information' about 802.11 networks.

they then keep a log of all of these places and the gps coordinates and
post them on the web.

you router title Wardriving NO Wep can either mean:

feel free to use this one, i set it up for wardrivers, have fun.

or

hi, owner of this open ap, i am a war driver and changed the name of
your wifi to send a message to you about wireless security. oh and btw
put a password on your router infterface.

i suspect it means "Wardrivers Welcome" but since you don't know for
sure I think you would be breaking the law by using it.

war driving programs:
linux : kismet
wind : netstumber

war driving is fun, but mostly a waste of time.

mike h
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