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WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend Chris Hurley (Senior Penetration Tester, Washington, DC, USA)

WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend By Chris Hurley (Senior Penetration Tester, Washington, DC, USA)

WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend by Chris Hurley (Senior Penetration Tester, Washington, DC, USA)


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The practice of WarDriving is a combination of hobby, sociological research, and security assessment. This book is written from the inside perspective of those who have created the tools that make WarDriving possible and those who gather, analyze, and maintain data on all secured and open wireless access points in metropolitan area worldwide.

WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend Summary

WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend: A Guide to Wireless Security by Chris Hurley (Senior Penetration Tester, Washington, DC, USA)

The practice of WarDriving is a unique combination of hobby, sociological research, and security assessment. The act of driving or walking through urban areas with a wireless-equipped laptop to map both protected and un-protected wireless networks has sparked intense debate amongst lawmakers, security professionals, and the telecommunications industry. This first ever book on WarDriving is written from the inside perspective of those who have created the tools that make WarDriving possible and those who gather, analyze, and maintain data on all secured and open wireless access points in very major, metropolitan area worldwide. These insiders also provide the information to secure your wireless network before it is exploited by criminal hackers.

About Chris Hurley (Senior Penetration Tester, Washington, DC, USA)

Chris Hurley is a Senior Penetration Tester in the Washington, DC area. He has more than 10 years of experience performing penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and general INFOSEC grunt work. He is the founder of the WorldWide WarDrive, a four-year project to assess the security posture of wireless networks deployed throughout the world. Chris was also the original organizer of the DEF CON WarDriving contest. He is the lead author of WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend (Syngress Publishing, ISBN: 19318360305). He has contributed to several other Syngress publications, including Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit (ISBN: 1-5974490210), Stealing the Network: How to Own an Identity (ISBN: 1597490067), InfoSec Career Hacking (ISBN: 1597490113), and OS X for Hackers at Heart (ISBN: 1597490407). He has a BS from Angelo State University in Computer Science and a whole bunch of certifications to make himself feel important.

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GOR002115343
9781931836036
1931836035
WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend: A Guide to Wireless Security by Chris Hurley (Senior Penetration Tester, Washington, DC, USA)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Syngress Media,U.S.
2004-04-02
520
N/A
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