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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812688703321

Autore

Hurley Chris

Titolo

WarDriving : drive, detect, defend: a guide to wireless security / / Chris Hurley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rockland, MA, : Syngress Publishing, 2004

ISBN

1-281-05263-9

9786611052638

0-08-048168-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (521 p.)

Disciplina

005.8

Soggetti

Wireless communication systems - Security measures

Computer security

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Learning to WarDrive; NetStumbler and MiniStumbler: Overview; Operating NetStumbler and MiniStumbler; Installing Kismet in Slackware Linux 9.1; Installing Kismet in Fedora Core 1; Configuring and Using Kismet; Mapping WarDrives Using StumbVerter; Organizing WarDrives; Attacking Wireless Networks; Basic Wireless Network Security; Advanced Wireless Network Security; Index; Related Titles

Sommario/riassunto

The practice of WarDriving is a unique combination of hobby, sociological research, and security assessment. The act of driving or walking through urban areas with a wireless-equipped laptop to map both protected and un-protected wireless networks has sparked intense debate amongst lawmakers, security professionals, and the telecommunications industry. This first ever book on WarDriving is written from the inside perspective of those who have created the tools that make WarDriving possible and those who gather, analyze, and maintain data on all secured and open wireless access points in very m