The act of driving around with your laptop open, looking to see if you can connect to open wireless networks as you drive. Change the mode of transportation and you get "warwalking," "warcycling," and "warflying."
The practice of walking, driving, or traveling around with a notebook that is equipped with hotspot finder software and a GPS receiver to find Wi-Fi hotspots. Serious wardrivers install external antenna on top of their cars to detect the presence of more Wi-Fi hotspots.
The activity of driving around and discovering, and/or, recording the location of wireless access points. This activity is totally legal as long as you do not connect to these wireless access points without permission.
Derived from the wardialing method used in the 1984 flick, War Games, this is a form of hacking in which users drive around public areas searching for unsecured wireless network; term coined by Peter Shipley, who automated the process with dedicated software and a GPS.
Wardriving is the term for finding and marking the locations and status of wireless networks. Wardrivers typically use software to determine whether the network is open or closed and a Global Position System device to record the location. A wardriver marks the spot either by using a symbol written in chalk on a building near the spot -- known as warchalking -- or mapping the locations and posting it on the Internet.
Wardriving is the practice of searching for WiFi network access points using a car, a WiFi enabled computer (usually a laptop or PDA) and frequently, a GPS device. The object is to detect and log the location of the detected SSIDs. Please Note that the legality of wardriving is under review in many jurisdictions. PassMark does not advocate the practice of wardriving in those jurisdictions where it is considered an illegal act.
Is the process of identifying wireless networks and distinguishing between those that are encrypted and those that are not. It is usually carried out in a car utilising a standard wireless enabled laptop/PDA and freeware software applications i.e. Kismet/NetStumbler.
Wardriving is the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks by moving vehicle. It involves using a car or truck and a Wi-Fi-equipped computer, such as a laptop or a PDA, to detect the networks. It was also known (as of 2002) as "WiLDing" (Wireless Lan Driving, although this term never gained any popularity and is no longer used), originating in the San Francisco Bay Area with the Bay Area Wireless Users Group (BAWUG).
