Wardialing - the term derived from the movie Wargames (where Matthew Broderick uses "wardialing" to start the movie), Wardriving as I understand it was coined by Peter Shipley (as was Wardialing if I remember correctly). That and it just sounds cool.
If I am wrong, tell me...I like to keep facts straight (even if they are already straight in my world). Woody On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 16:14:51 -0700 Dave Holmes-Kinsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Notwithstanding DSTM,Wardriving, as I understand it, is an adaptation of the > term "wardialing" > (http://63.251.138.38/atstake/acrobat/wardialing_brief.pdf) the practice of > modem-directed range or sequential dialing to discover computer access > numbers. > > Otherwise, the etymology and origin of "wardriving" is unknown to me. > > HTH > -- dhk > > > >>> > -----Original Message----- > From: Allen Fear > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Shades of the Depression: WarChalking > > > What's with all this "war" business? I understand how > ISPs might prefer to view the spread of this type of > information this way, and how the media would be all > too happy to cash in on and help us pick a fight with > ISPs, but it sure obscures the value, intent, and > grass-roots cooperative nature of the community > networking movement, or at least a good part of it. > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
