Have been over at Defcon checking out the speaker list. One particular presenation caught my eye- WarRocketing! Really- WarDriving is old…this looks like a fun way to do network discovery and a good excuse to buy rockets and stuff.

From the site:

“Network “stumbling” has taken many forms since Marcus Milner first released Netstumbler in May 2001. Historically, stumbling aficionados preferred data collection method has been Wardriving – almost everyone owns a car and it’s easy to fire up your laptop and drive around. Of course, other methods exist…creative souls have utilized everything from bikes, to boats, to planes in pursuit of new networks. Groups in the U.S. and Australia have performed “WarFlying” using Cessnas and other, small aircraft. 

Enter a newer (& faster) technique: “WarRocketing”.

This talk is about 802.11b network discovery. It details the design, launch, and recovery of a rocket whose objective is to network stumble 50 square miles in less than a minute. Wardriving coverage is limited by obstructions such as trees, houses, and terrain. Our aerial platform, (the Rocket) does not have these limitations. Essentially, it provides Line-of-Sight to ALL targets in the antenna pattern!”

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