Wireless hacks / Rob Flickenger and Roger Weeks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flickenger, Rob.

Contributor:

Weeks, Roger.

Series:

Hacks series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer networks--Security measures.

Computer networks.

Wireless communication systems--Security measures.

Wireless communication systems.

Wireless communication systems--Standards.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (495 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Wireless hacks : tips & tools for building, extending, and securing your network

Place of Publication:

Beijing ; Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The popularity of wireless networking has grown exponentially over the past few years, despite a general downward trend in the telecommunications industry. More and more computers and users worldwide communicate via radio waves every day, cutting the tethers of the cabled network both at home and at work. Wireless technology changes not only the way we talk to our devices, but also what we ask them to do. With greater flexibility, broader range, and increased mobility, wireless networks let us live, work, and think differently. Wireless networks also open up a vast range of tasty

Contents:

Wireless Hacks, 2nd Edition; Credits; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Roger; Preface; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; How to Contact Us; Got a Hack?; 1. Bluetooth, Mobile Phones, and GPS; 1. Set Up Bluetooth on Linux; 2. Set Up Bluetooth on Windows XP; 1.3.2. Securing Your Bluetooth Connection; 1.3.3. Networking with Bluetooth; 1.3.4. See Also; 3. Connect Mac OS X with a Bluetooth Phone; 1.4.2. Adding a Device; 1.4.3. Connection Setup; 4. Connect Linux with a Bluetooth Phone; 1.5.2. Configuring PPP Networking

1.5.3. Hacking the Hack5. Connect Windows XP with a Bluetooth Phone; 6. Use Your Treo as a Modem; 1.7.2. PdaNet; 7. Send SMS from a PowerBook; 8. Remote Control Mac OS X with Bluetooth Phones and PDAs; 1.9.2. Connecting to Clicker; 1.9.3. Hacking the Hack; 9. Remote Control Linux with a Bluetooth Phone; 10. Control XMMS with Bluetooth; 11. Liven Up Parties with a Participatory Slideshow; 1.12.2. The Code; 12. Send SMS from Linux; 13. Remote Control Windows with Bluetooth Phones and PDAs; 1.14.2. Installing PuppetMaster; 1.14.3. Controlling Your PC; 1.14.4. Hacking the Hack

14. Control Your Bluetooth Phone with FMA1.15.2. Setup; 1.15.3. FMA; 15. Control Your Computer from Your Palm; 1.16.1.2. Securing the connection.; 1.16.1.3. Setting up VPN.; 1.16.1.4. Setting up VPN on Windows XP.; 1.16.2. Set up PalmVNC; 16. Control Your Home Theater from Your Palm; 1.17.2. Detailed Instructions; 1.17.2.2. Using OmniRemote.; 17. Choose a Cellular Data Plan; 1.18.2. Figure Out What You&ll Need; 1.18.3. Compare the Plans; 18. Blog from Your Mobile Phone; 1.19.2. Email Moblogging; 1.19.3. Photo Moblogging to Any Blog Service; 1.19.4. Hacking the Hack

1.19.4.2. Email posting with WordPress.1.19.4.3. Setting up email automatic polling.; 19. Get Google Maps on Your Mobile Phone; 20. Share Your GPS; 1.21.2. See Also; 21. Broadcast Your GPS Position; 22. Map Wi-Fi Networks with Kismet and GPSd; 2. Network Discovery and Monitoring; 23. Find All Available Wireless Networks; 2.2.2. Mac OS X; 2.2.3. Linux; 24. Discover Networks with NetStumbler; 2.3.2. Network Discovery; 2.3.3. Caveats; 25. Detect Networks with Handheld PCs; 2.4.2. WiFiFoFum; 2.4.3. Other Handhelds; 26. Find and Join Wireless Networks with AP Radar

2.5.2. Building and Using AP Radar2.5.3. Final Thoughts; 27. Detect Networks on Mac OS X; 2.6.2. iStumbler; 2.6.3. Final Thoughts; 28. Scan Passively with KisMAC; 29. Detect Networks with Kismet; 2.8.2. Running Kismet; 2.8.3. Cleaning Up; 2.8.4. See Also; 30. Monitor Wireless Links in Linux with Wavemon; 31. Analyze Traffic with Ethereal; 32. Track 802.11 Frames in Ethereal; 33. Watch Network Traffic; 34. grep Your Network; 2.13.2. Running the Hack; 35. Check Wi-Fi Network Performance with Qcheck; 36. Estimate Network Performance; 37. Get Real-Time Network Stats

38. Graph Your Wireless Performance

Notes:

"Tips & tools for building, extending, and securing your network".

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781306816052

130681605X

9780596523558

0596523556

9780596553296

0596553293

OCLC:

609841004