TABLE OF CONTENTS Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) have become increasingly popular in the past few years. Because many of them have wireless capabilities, software authors are now developing many of their WarDriving tools to support these devices. There are many reasons for using a PDA to WarDrive (or WarWalk). They are more portable than the average laptop computer, they can be easily concealed in a backpack or laptop case, and they can collect data for several hours. This can be particularly beneficial during a wireless penetration test.
WarDriving is possible using a PDA that is either Linux-based or Windows-based. In this chapter, you will learn to set up and configure the Linux-based Sharp Zaurus and the Windows-based Hewlett Packard iPaq for WarDriving. You ll also learn about connecting WarDriving peripherals (e.g., Global Positioning Systems [GPSes]) and external antennas to these handheld devices. Finally, you ll be introduced to using a handheld device for direction finding and tracking down rogue access points and clients.
The Sharp Zaurus is an outstanding Linux-based PDA, which Sharp created and has classified as a Personal Mobile Tool (not a PDA). For the purposes of this chapter, we refer to it is as a PDA. Due to poor sales and marketshare, Sharp has stopped marketing the Zaurus in the United States and has focused exclusively on the Japanese market. On one hand, this is disappointing, because the Zaurus is a very powerful PDA and is one of the few Linux-based PDAs available. On the other...
