In
cracking in the years
2000 and
2001,
war driving was the act of driving around blocks of computer companies and downtown business districts with a
wireless LAN listener, trying to find open networks that can be used for gaining access to company internal networks or the
Internet. It is also known (as of
2002) as WiLDing (Wirless Lan Driving), originating with the Bay Area Wireless Users Group (BAWUG).
See also: demon dialing, war dialing