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RE: How to track down a wireless hacker
From: "ep" <captgoodnight () hotmail com>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:17:51 -0900
http://www.dailywireless.org/2004/06/07/wifi-hacker-busted/ http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/23/London-man-arrested-for-stealing-W i-Fi_1.html http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2006/03/24/wi-fi-user-fined-for- battening-off-hotspit http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/08/HNwifi_1.html?source=rss&url=http: //www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/08/HNwifi_1.html src http://www.wardriving.com/ -----Original Message----- From: janheisterkamp () web de [mailto:janheisterkamp () web de] Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 5:55 AM To: ep Cc: 'Craig Wright'; pen-test () securityfocus com Subject: Re: How to track down a wireless hacker I lost who started this thread. Of course you can track a wireless attacker due the fact that he is broadcasting a trackable signal and you can do it pretty accurate. But he question behind is "And then?" What will you do? 1. If the attacker is in house you might have to close all the doors, call the security stuff and confiscate all the laptops running wireless. The attacker goes arested and the rest of the user will take their case to the court, sueing you for damages. 2. If the attacker is, let us say in a car in the street and you have tracked and localized him what are you able to do? You can't touch him, neither arrest him, you have no legal right to do so; probably you will se the attackers golden finger he hits the road. The energy you are wilt to afford to track this freak down you had better spent before in securing your Network. It's a fact, that you messed it up and not he. I guess there is waiting some homework for you... Regards Jan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is sponsored by: Cenzic Need to secure your web apps NOW? Cenzic finds more, "real" vulnerabilities fast. Click to try it, buy it or download a solution FREE today! http://www.cenzic.com/downloads ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- RE: How to track down a wireless hacker ep (Nov 13)
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- Re: How to track down a wireless hacker Jan Heisterkamp (Nov 13)
- RE: How to track down a wireless hacker ep (Nov 13)
- RE: How to track down a wireless hacker cwright (Nov 13)
- Re: RE: How to track down a wireless hacker cwright (Nov 13)
- Re: How to track down a wireless hacker Jan Heisterkamp (Nov 13)
- RE: How to track down a wireless hacker ep (Nov 13)
- Re: RE: How to track down a wireless hacker cwright (Nov 15)