Informit’s Dumb Article On Wardriving

These guys confuse just about every issue surrounding “wardriving” and wireless. The point of “wardriving” isn’t to hack the networks you find — just to use them.
If wardriving were a bad thing, why would people be warchalking to let others know where their networks were.
It’s like the twilight zone or something. These guys are living in their own reality — one of hype and misinformation.
Anyway here’s the story by Frank Fiore and Jean Francois:
Unwitting Collaborators, Part 6: Wireless Insecurity.


Here’s the whole article:
Introduction
To avoid the hassles of installing LAN lines or to hasten deployment of LANs, or even to allow for more mobility in the workplace, many organizations are installing wireless networks. These networks are being installed by organizations at a rapid rate.
Unfortunately, organizations don’t see the threats posed to their network security by wireless networks, or don’t understand that a wireless network should be treated as you would any other medium

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