wardriving wireless penetration testing

wardriving wireless penetration testing

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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 410_WD2e_FM.qxd 10/17/06 10:54 AM Page vii viii 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. 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, Technical Editor and Contributing Author 410_WD2e_FM.qxd 10/17/06 10:54 AM Page viii ix 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. 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- Contributing Authors 410_WD2e_FM.qxd 10/17/06 10:54 AM Page ix