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802.11b Network Scanning In London And Amsterdam

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the brief-window-of-opportunity dept.

jbrw writes: "Beware of cat skulls in sombreros! Bicycle + laptop + gps unit + 80I.11 magic = WarPeddlaz, currently scanning London. Replacing the bike with a canal boat, and you have the WarFloataz in Amsterdam. Pics, info and raw scan data available at free2air.org." Some amusingly altered photos in here, too. Now that I have an 802.11 card working, this is getting even more interesting.

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  1. GOOGLE Cache To THe Rescue by terpia · · Score: 1, Informative
    Arr... Here be the ever fabulous GOOGLE cache: Here

    For all the copy and pasters:

    http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:ueiKCTXUjOc:w ww.free2air.org/+&hl=en

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    .sig wanted: Must be concise, funny, and display my cleverness.
  2. Re:Possible Misuse by ZoneGray · · Score: 3, Informative

    For that matter, be careful what you do if you connect to an open wireless network.

    It would be simple to set up an access point, leave it open, and sniff traffic of whoever connects. If nothing else, I'd think you could collect POP passwords pretty easily.

  3. Improving 802.11b security by nsayer · · Score: 3, Informative
    For what it's worth, my page at FreeBSD has some instructions on how to set up PPPoE and/or PPTP on a FreeBSD server to use as a way to secure a wireless LAN.

    People may find my wireless LAN -- they may even DHCP an IP address from it, but they won't be able to actually do anything once they do. :-)

  4. Re:slashdot counter-measures implemented? by jbrw · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'd be that SMSing person...

    We're juggling like made here at the moment. Just opening up the firewall a touch so we can move the database on to a beefier machine.

    I guess we'll add to our woes by posting some of the traffic graphs once it's calmed down a little.