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What Is Wardriving And How Can You Prevent It
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 09/30/2004 06:44 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The Tech Zone has posted an article on Wardriving and how to prevent it.
Imagine a car equipped with nothing more than a laptop computer, a portable GPS receiver, and a wireless network card slowly strolls through your neighborhood. Unknown to any onlookers, this is no ordinary vehicle; rather, it is a wardriving machine. As the car strolls past homes and businesses, a wireless network card (available at any electronics store for as low as $25) scans for any wireless access points. Anyone with a wireless network (and there are many out there) is vulnerable.
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