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Legal Issues and Warflying guidelines

Warflying, Wardriving, WarXing is legal !  (See legal research below)

But some basic rules need to be followed to ensure that you don't end up on the receiving end of the gavel.

 

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION	NO NETWORK (TCP/IP) CONNECTION TO THE FOREIGN NETWORK All equipment must be configured to NOT ALLOW any logical connection with a foreign network. The interception steps must be limited to capturing the broadcasted header information without connecting to the network and obtaining a TCP/IP address   Here is an example of what can be captured without getting a valid TCP/IP connection:  Wireless signal protocol (802.11a/b/g) Access point broadcasted identification (MAC address, SSID) Encryption Enabled (yes/no or type of encryption) Signal strength at intercepted location RF (Radio Frequency) Channel and settings (Beacon rate, etc.) Supported Data Transfer speeds GPS coordinates supplied by the interception hardware (The fields captured in tools like NetStumbler)
PAYLOAD CAPTURING	You cannot intercept payload in order to obtain packet content No COOKIE CAPTURING No WEP CRACKING No PASSWORD INTERCEPTION Nothing past the headers
SAFETY CONCERNS	The pilot cannot be involved with any of the hardware/software required to perform the signal interception.  His job is to fly the plane. Hardware such as antennas cannot be dangled out of the aircraft. If hardware is to be mounted on the aircraft, it must be done by a qualified aviation technician.  A log entry must be present in the aircrafts log book. The quantity of hardware cannot overwhelm the aircraft, in the event of a forced landing, this hardware must be stowed in a secure place so that no risk of impact injury can occur.
WARFLYERS.COM SITE POLICY	We perform data sanitization on submitted data: We only post GPS coordinates for public access nodes (all default configuration nodes with no WEP).  This means that if an owner did not rename their access points or called it something obviously public like FREE, OPEN, PUBLIC, etc. then we will post all the information captured by our tools. The rendered MAPS contain ALL intercepted nodes without node names.   We will post a list of the intercepted SSID names without GPS coordinates.  The list is made available so people can check if their access points where seen in our flyby. If we judge that any information would interfere with National Security, we will remove the information.  Access points with names like CIA, NSA, FBI, NTSB, etc. will be removed, not that we should get too many of those.... Any logical comments or complaints will be evaluated and appropriate action will be taken by the site administrator All comments/Complaints can be sent to:

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LEGAL RESEARCH:

Some interesting readings include a great paper published by the VIRGINIA JOURNAL OF LAW & TECHNOLOGY, written by Patrick S. Ryan from the faculty of Law, University of Colorado at Boulder.  (Source webpage: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=585867)

IMPORTANT NOTE: