True. Sorry about that. Thank you for your reasoned, intelligent response.
Interesting mention of the parallels to port scanning though. I have definitely port scanned hosts before to attempt to discover open services. Another parallel would be to P2P software. There are legitimate uses of P2P software, but companies are trying to lobby to make it illegal because of the rampant sharing of warez going on. I just can't see any legitimate use for wardriving right now. There is no practical application in my mind, so I feel like "why do it?" That's not to say I condemn or impugn those who do it, I just want a realistic answer as opposed to "I should be able to" or "Because I can" or "I want a list of unsecured networks". On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:56:08 -0600, Scott Harney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Baudouin wrote: > > How can you even correlate mapping open WAPS with the Minix vs Linux debate? > > > > There isn't and wasn't any doubt that a clean room implementation of a > > POSIX kernel wasn't against the law. Not true for wardriving. > > > > > > Oh goodness. I wasn't talking about the legal issue. The question I responded > to was Christian's "why map it in the first place?" ie. why drive around and > map a bunch of APs you can't legally use? The practical use of doing such a > thing may not be apparent right now. And there may not be any practical, > legal, use of the information at all. Some folks just find it interesting. > > Now whether you can legally do wardriving at all -- which was your question -- > is still another issue. As others have pointed out, it probably _can't_ be > illegal as you are just listening to open, unlicensed radio frequencies. That > said, legislatures and municipal bodies may try to pass laws anyway. Private > organizations may try to sue folks in civil court for wardriving. The > potential expense of fighting those sorts of things certainly gives me pause. > > A more direct legal parallel could be drawn between wardriving and port > scanning. > > -- > Scott Harney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Asking the wrong questions is the leading cause of wrong answers" > gpg key fingerprint=7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5 > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
