[MLB-WIRELESS] Wi-Fi 'wartrappers' snare the drive-by hackers

[Barry Park]

Honeypotz for teh wardrivehax0rz. And more noise for everyone else.
- Barry

   Title: Wi-Fi 'wartrappers' snare the drive-by hackers
   Source:   ZDNet News
   Date Written:  October 9, 2002
   Date Collected: October 9, 2002
Despite numerous warnings and reports highlighting the threat of wireless
hacking or 'wardriving', many 802.11b (Wi-Fi) wireless local area networks
(WLANs) remain extremely vulnerable. To counter this threat consultancy firm
KPMG has developed a honeypot wireless LAN to monitor the activities of
hackers and gauge the true threat they pose to corporate and government
networks. The technology looks and acts like a wireless access point to a
corporate network, but has no other network connections. If the wireless
honeypot is successful in deceiving wardrivers, KPMG plans to market the
technology "as a security tool for corporate Wi-Fi users."

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2123600,00.html
Also - http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,55556,00.html



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