http://blog.teledyn.com/node/1100 Comments for "Wardriving the Beach" en http://blog.teledyn.com/node/1100 <p>I spent some time tonight (while watching Muppets From Space with May and the younger kids) downloading, <img src="http://susning.nu/img/wardriving.png" alt="" height="201" width="295" class="right" /> compiling and install the <a href="http://www.kismetwireless.net/">Kismet WiFi Sniffer</a> on my <a href="http://www.quicktopic.com/14/D/FVwSWCRWj6Z.html">laptop</a> so when Linton called for his after-work pickup, I got my very first experience in cottage-country <a href="http://www.wardriving.com/">war-driving</a>.</p> <p>Sauble Beach is really fairly remote, 30km from any town of more than 5000, but it <u>is</u> a vacation hotspot -- I suppose I shouldn't be that surprised to find two, and possibly three access points by simply driving 6 blocks down the lakeshore road and up the main street as far as the lights. I need to learn the Kismet display, but I'm pretty certain there is a Linksys access point running factory defaults (<i>tsk, tsk</i>) about 100 meters North of Dobson's, and one, maybe two '<i>Default</i>' and unnamed ports along the beach-end of the main drag, one just east of Patches, the other just west of the lights (which <em>could</em> be a second channel on the other, and yes, we have only one set of traffic lights).</p> <p>If there's <em>two</em> ports at half-past midnight along those two short stretches of village, I'll wager there's more lurking in the daytime woods. If anyone would like to donate a Linux-friendly <span class="caps">GPS </span>my way ...</p> http://blog.teledyn.com/node/1100#comments here comes everybody the skin of culture Sun, 13 Jul 2003 22:19:06 -0400 mrG 1100 at http://blog.teledyn.com