Caution! Wireless Networking: Preventing a Data Disaster

In This Chapter

• Understanding wardriving

• What are warchalking and warspying

• Software for defending your WLAN

• More about wardriving

Wardriving has become a pastime for Wi-Fi geeks and crackers all over the world. Whether they’re looking for a network to crack, free and anonymous Internet access, or to find insecure networks for statistical purposes, you should know how it’s done so that you can take steps to protect yourself. This chapter examines the tools and motivations for wardriving.