Chris Hurley - WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend, A Guide to Wireless Security

Chris Hurley aka Roamer

Frank Thornton
Michael Puchol
Russ Rogers Technical Editor

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WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend A Guide to Wireless Security

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Author

Chris Hurley (aka Roamer) is a Principal Information Security Engineer working in the Washington, DC area. He is the founder of the WorldWide WarDrive, an effort by information security professionals and hobbyists to generate awareness of the insecurities associated with wireless networks. Primarily focusing his efforts on vulnerability assessments, he also performs penetration testing, forensics, and incident response operations on both wired and wireless networks. He has spoken at several security conferences, been published in numerous online and print publications, and been the subject of several interviews and stories regarding the WorldWide WarDrive. He is the primary organizer of the WarDriving Contest held at the annual DefCon hacker conference. Chris holds a bachelors degree in computer science from Angelo State University. He lives in Maryland with his wife of 14 years, Jennifer, and their 7-year-old daughter Ashley.

Frank (Thorn) Thornton runs his own technology-consulting firm, Blackthorn Systems, which specializes in wireless networks. His specialties include wireless network architecture, design, and implementation, as well as network troubleshooting and optimization. An interest in amateur radio has also helped him bridge the gap between computers and wireless networks. Franks experience with computers goes back to the 1970s when he started programming mainframes. Over the last 30 years, he has used dozens of different operating systems and programming languages. Having learned at a young age which end of the soldering iron was hot, he has even been known to repair hardware on occasion. In addition to his computer and wireless interests, Frank was a law enforcement officer for many years. As a detective and forensics expert he has investigated approximately one hundred homicides and thousands of other crime scenes. Combining both professional interests, he was a member of the workgroup that established ANSI Standard ANSI/NIST-CSL 1-1993 Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint Information. He resides in Vermont with his wife.