War-Chalking
by Roger Barnette
Have you heard either of the phrases,
"War-Parking" or "War-Chalking"?
These terms refer to the growing number
of mobile hackers that may be cruising
your workplace or neighborhood looking
to access the Internet via your wireless
network.
War-Parking refers to the habit of cruising
a neighborhood seeking a signal to tap into
and War-Chalking is the audatious habit of
literally chalk-marking the sidewalk in front
of a location with access with proper symbols
for the Hobo-Hackers to freeload on your
network.
More importantly is the question, "How do
I keep them off my network?"
There are three quick fixes that I recommend.
1) Set your system to a non-standard SSID.
2) Disable SSID Broadcast.
3) Use the WEP Key system to secure packets.
All of these options are easily accessible
via the control panels for most routers.
If these options are not available on
your wireless router, or if you are not
familiar with these options, please call
on us to help secure your network. This
is one of our specialties.
(2002-10-11) Return to Archives
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