THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY October 9, 2002 warchalking ______________ TODAY'S SPONSOR: VeriSign - The Value of Trust
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Creator Matt Jones began by posting three possible warchalking symbols on his blog. Two semi-circles back-to-back would indicate an open node, a circle would indicate the presence of a closed node, and a circle with the letter "W" inside it would indicate a WEP node. Ideally, each symbol would be chalked with a corresponding SSID next to it which would act as a password to the node. Because chalk markings are temporary, warchalkers hope to avoid legal fines for defacing public or private property. The name warchalking is derived from the cracker terms war dialing and war driving. RELATED TERMS: Wi-Fi http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci838865,00.html node http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci212665,00.html WEP http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci549087,00.html SSID http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci853455,00.html war dialing http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci546705,00.html war driving http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci812927,00.html ______________________ SELECTED LINKS: Warchalking.org's mission is to create a hobo language for free wireless networking. http://www.warchalking.org/ Wired magazine has an article about warchalking: "Warchalking - the idea is cool, but will it take off?" http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,53638,00.html Matt Jones anticipates that his iconography might be useful for free wireless sites and their mapping-location software. http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/3686695.htm ______________________ THIS DAY IN IT HISTORY | October 9, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made the first phone call over outdoor telegraph lines. http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci213113,00.html ______________________ CROSSWORD PUZZLE #4 | Graphics Improve your flexible thinking skills. 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