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| 4 | AlastairPorter | 1 | WarDriving is a term coined by Peter Shipley to describe the practice of driving around in urban areas looking for [WirelessNetwork]s. |
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| 3 | If you have a [WLAN] and don't want to let everyone use it, be sure to secure it (see WirelessNetworkSecurityHowto and WirelessNetworkSecurityNotes). [802.11b] is inherently insecure. [WEP], invented in attempt to add a little privacy to [WirelessNetwork]s, is also flawed and in fact trivial to break if you simply listen to enough data. Add to these the fact that many of those who run a [WLAN] are more or less incompetent, and it's fairly easy to find open networks using simple tools, which allows you to surf from the curb. All you need is a laptop with a wireless [NIC] and some software such as | ||
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| 5 | * [Kismet | http://www.kismetwireless.net/] | ||
| 6 | * [BSD-Airtools | http://www.dachb0den.com/projects/bsd-airtools.html] | ||
| 7 | * [Netstumbler | http://www.netstumbler.org/] | ||
| 8 | * [Airsnort | http://airsnort.shmoo.com/] | ||
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| 10 | A [GPS] receiver is very useful to keep track of where the [AccessPoint]s are. With it you can easily generate maps of open [WLAN]s denoting their position, name, signal strength, [WEP] status etc. An example can be seen at [JWMP | http://wireless.jedi.school.nz]. | ||
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| 13 | See also: | ||
| 7 | MattBrown | 14 | * WarWalking |
| 15 | * WarChalking | ||
| 4 | AlastairPorter | 16 | * [faq.wardrive.net | http://faq.wardrive.net/] |
| 17 | * [wariving.com | http://www.wardriving.com/] | ||
| 18 | * [BAWUG | http://www.bawug.org/] | ||
| 19 | * [Dachb0den Labs | http://www.dachb0den.com/dachb0den/information.html] |
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