On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:
> I belive that both Kevin Mitnick *and* the producers of War Games both
> deny this. The producers did, however, create the concept of ``war
> dialing'' from which we now get ``war driving'' (which is searching for open
> wireless access points by driving down the street with your laptop and a
> wireless network card).
Actually, "war dialing" had been around long before War Games. The
term "war dialing" came about as a result of the movie, but the practice
had been known by other terms ("scanning" being one, which has its obvious
routes in another hobby).
> -spc (Just found a neighbor (not sure which one) with a wireless access
> station nearby ... )
WAP hacking is the new frontier. It's just too damn easy.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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