Today, I discovered Davao’s largest hot spot; the SSID is ‘linksys.’”

But as time went on however, I came to appreciate the subtle implications of this tagline—specifically, that most people do not take sufficient precautions to secure their wireless networks - All are in default mode.

Wireless networking is one of the most popular and fastest growing technologies on the market today. From home networks to enterprise-level wireless networks, people are eager to take advantage of the freedom and convenience that wireless networking promises.

However, while wireless networking is convenient, it is not always deployed securely.

Insecure wireless networks are found in people’s homes and in large corporations.

Because of these insecure deployments, war driving within the city became one of pastime I am able to determine what the security posture of an organization’s wireless network is, or to verify that a company has deployed its wireless network in a secure fashion. :)

Computers are a staple of everyday life.Technology that makes using computers easier and more fun needs to be available to everyone. Companies such as Linksys and D-Link have been very successful at making these new technologies easy for end users to set up and use.To do otherwise would alienate a large part of their target market.

Modify your AP’s/wifi routers settings.