Mixmaster is dead, long live wardriving

[J.A. Terranson]

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, James A. Donald wrote:

> On 11 Dec 2004 at 8:29, J.A. Terranson wrote:
> > Looking out of my fifth floor window I can connect to ~20
> > 802.x nets *without* directional antennas or high powered
> > cards.  With extra gear, I can hit almost 50, and in both
> > cases, roughly a third are completely open, another third are
> > trivially "protected", and the remaining third have done the
> > best they can under the circumstances
>
> This may explain the lack of wardriving.  Why bother to drive?

Exactly.  I also run an open WiFi (labelled as "Open Wifi" :-) for others,
as a payment for those that I use around town.  Interestingly, I don't
know of anyone who still actively wardrives at random (as opposed to
against specific targets) for this same reason.  Why bother?  The only
thing you really *should* have is a high powered card with any reasonably
directional antenna (~$120.00usd as a set).  That and a laptop and you can
run any midsized office that doesn't need to provide services at a fixed
IP :-)

>     --digsig
>          James A. Donald


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