WarDriving and Wireless Penetration Testing

449 Pages·2007·10.599 MB·English

by  Chris Hurley, Russ Rogers, Frank Thornton, Brian Baker

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WarDriving
&
Wireless
Penetration Testing
Chris Hurley
Russ Rogers
Frank Thornton
Daniel Connelly
Brian Baker
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Technical Editor
and Lead Author
Chris Hurley is a Senior Penetration Tester in the Washington,DC
area.He has more than 10 years of experience performing penetra-
tion 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 publi-
cations,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 certifi-
cations to make himself feel important.He lives in Maryland with
his wife,Jennifer,and daughter,Ashley.
First,I thank my co-authors on WarDriving and Wireless Penetration
Testing,Dan Connelly,Brian Baker,Frank Thornton,and Russ Rogers.I
also thank my fellow members of Security Tribe.You all have been great at
pointing me in the right direction when I have a question or just giving me
an answer when I was too dense to find it myself.I need to thank Jeff
Thomas for all of the nights in the basement owning boxes and eating
White Castles.(Oh ...and you know a thing or two about a thing or two
as well.Thanks for teaching me both of them :) I also need to thank Jeff
and Ping Moss.You have provided me with so many opportunities.Taking a
chance on some unknown guy and letting me speak at DEF CON for the
first time really started this ball rolling.
I want to thank the other members of our penetration test team,Mike
Petruzzi,Paul Criscuolo,Mark Carey,and Mark Wolfgang.I learn some-
thing new from you every day and you make coming to work a pleasure. I
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also want to thank Bill Eckroade,George Armstrong,Brad Peterson,and
Dean Hickman for providing me with the opportunity to do the job I love
and an environment that makes it fun in which to do the job.
I would like to thank Andrew Williams from Syngress for providing me
the opportunity to write this book.It has been fun working with you,
Andrew,and I hope we can continue to do so for a long time.
I want to thank my mom and dad for having computers in the house as
far back as I remember.The early exposure ignited my interest in them.Oh
yeah,thanks for that whole providing,protecting,and raising me stuff too.
Finally I want to thank my wife,Jennifer,and daughter,Ashley,for giving
me the time to write this book.They gave up evening,weekends,and some-
times entire days so that I could concentrate on getting this book finished.
Without their help and understanding,this book never would have made it
to press.
Technical Editor
and Contributing Author
Russ Rogers (CISSP,CISM,IAM,IEM,HonScD) is author of the
popular Hacking a Terror Network (Syngress Publishing,ISBN:
1928994989),co-author on multiple other books including the best
selling Stealing the Network:How to Own a Continent (Syngress,
ISBN:1931836051),Network Security Evaluation Using the NSA IEM
(Syngress,ISBN:1597490350) and Editor in Chief of The Security
Journal. Russ is Co-Founder,Chief Executive Officer,and Chief
Technology Officer of Security Horizon;a veteran-owned small
business based in Colorado Springs,CO.Russ has been involved in
information technology since 1980 and has spent the last 15 years
working professionally as both an IT and INFOSEC consultant.
Russ has worked with the United States Air Force (USAF),
National Security Agency (NSA),and the Defense Information
Systems Agency (DISA).He is a globally renowned security expert,
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speaker,and author who has presented at conferences around the
world including Amsterdam,Tokyo,Singapore,Sao Paulo,and cities
all around the United States.
Russ has an Honorary Doctorate of Science in Information
Technology from the University of Advancing Technology,a Masters
Degree in Computer Systems Management from the University of
Maryland,a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems
from the University of Maryland,and an Associate Degree in
Applied Communications Technology from the Community
College of the Air Force.He is a member of both ISSA and ISACA
and co-founded the Global Security Syndicate (gssyndicate.org),the
Security Tribe (securitytribe.com),and acts in the role of professor
of network security for the University of Advancing Technology
(uat.edu).
Russ would like to thank his father for his lifetime of guidance,
his kids (Kynda and Brenden) for their understanding,and Michele
for her constant support.A great deal of thanks goes to Andrew
Williams from Syngress Publishing for the abundant opportunities
and trust he gives me.Shouts go out to UAT,Security Tribe,the
GSS,the Defcon Groups,and the DC Forums.He’d like to also
thank his friends,Chris,Greg,Michele,Ping,Pyr0,and everyone in
#dc-forums that he doesn’tt have room to list here.
Contributing Authors
Frank Thornton runs his own technology consulting firm,
Blackthorn Systems,which specializes in wireless networks.His spe-
cialties include wireless network architecture,design,and implemen-
tation,as well as network troubleshooting and optimization.An
interest in amateur radio helped him bridge the gap between com-
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