Wardriving is the process of tracing the Wi-Fi wireless networks using a Wi-Fi equipped computer; say a laptop or a PDA, while the person is moving in a vehicle. Wardriving was also called "WilDing", in the year 2002. Since the name was not popular in the public, it was not used. Initially, the Bay Area Wireless Users Group (BAWUG) originated Wardriving in the San Fransisco Bay Area. The GPS devices were also used to find out the location and then log it in to the website. WiGle is the most familiar website for Wardriving. The Omni directional and highly directional antennas were also used for better ranges. Now a day the software for Wardriving is available on net. For Example, NetStumber for Windows is one of the Wardriver available on net. In the movie WarGames by Matthew Broderick, Wardialing was used.Wardialing is none other than Wardriving. It involved tracing of computer systems that used phone modems by means of a software.
In Australia, Wardriving is not appreciated and accepted as it involves unauthorized access of systems. They have even formultated this under the Cybercrime Act 2001. The United Kingdom also doesn't support it and they have even arrested many people who are involved in Wardriving , under the Computer Misuse Act of 1990. By, The Communications Act 2003, wardrivng has been stated to be unambiguous, since the electronic communications services are grabbed by not being legal. In United States, the legality is not clearly defined. Even in that case, a Florida man was arrested for gaining unauthorized access to the computer network and hacking it. Wardriving in the Listen only software Kismet can be appreciated only for listening the happenings in an area through the radio system. There are many wardrivers accessing the network but wardriving becomes illegal only if the bandwidth used is higher than the usual accesses.
