Chapter 1: Learning to WarDrive

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Introduction

Wireless networks have become a way of life in the past two years. As more wireless networks are deployed, the need to secure them increases. This chapter provides background on one effort to educate users of wireless networks about the insecurities associated with wireless networking. This effort is called WarDriving.

This chapter presents a brief history of WarDriving and the terminology necessary to understand what WarDriving is all about. This includes information on why the activity of driving around discovering wireless access points is called WarDriving, some misconceptions associated with the term, and the truth behind the idea of WarDriving. This chapter also discusses the legality of WarDriving.

In order to successfully WarDrive, there are some tools, both hardware and software, that you will need. These tools are presented along with cost estimates and some recommendations. Since there are hundreds of possible configurations that can be used for WarDriving, some of the most popular are presented to help you decide what to buy for your own initial WarDriving setup.

Many of the tools that a WarDriver uses are the same tools that could be used by an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a wireless network. Since this is not the goal of a WarDriver, the methodology that you can use to ethically WarDrive is presented.

WarDriving is a fun hobby that has the potential to make a difference in the overall security posture of wireless networking. By understanding WarDriving, obtaining the proper tools, and then using them ethically, you can have countless hours of fun while making a difference.



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WarDriving(c) Drive, Detect, Defend(c) A Guide to Wireless Security
Special Edition Using Macromedia Studio 8
ISBN: N/A
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 125

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