TheWatcher, Wardriving.INFO - Wardriving termed/invented by Pete Shipley that he derives this terminology from the wardialing method in year 1984 movie "Wargames". Wargames a film that glamorises hacking as cyberheroes character played by Matthew Broderick. Wardriving is a method/pratice to gather wireless access point (AP) information such wireless SSID, MAC, IP Address, WEP and other related wireless information by driving around the area.
Pete Shipley, www.dis.org/shipley/ - "Most recently I invented Wardriving, while I am not the first person to go out and search for open wireless LANS (a few before me ventured around with in a with a laptop, pencil & paper manualy scribbling notes). I was first to automate it all with dedicated software and a GPS. When I started this project the usage or WEP was around 15%, after going public with my findings, a year later WEP usage is now 33%. Thus is good to know people are getting the message. Some maps I generated from these exercises can be found at http://www.dis.org/wl/maps/"
BlackWave, www.wardrivingisnotacrime.com - WarDriving v. The benign act of locating and logging wireless access points while in motion.
Wardriving.com - War Driving (wôr dri'vin) v. 1 Driving around looking for unsecured wireless networks. -term coined by Pete Shipley
www.seattlewireless.net - WarDriving v. The searching for wireless networks by means of a roaming (driving, walking, busing?) wireless client. Sometimes accompanied by a high gain antenna and GPS.
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