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The term war driving is widely recognised as describing the activities undertaken by those who may intend to illegally access a computer network. As one method of addressing security concerns and raising awareness of these issues, we propose the term peace driving to begin to describe exploration and research activities within the wireless domain.

Wireless networking is incredibly widespread and is now commonplace in industry, academia, business, and the home. The very nature of wireless radio signals means that physical security measures have all but become redundant in protecting computer systems and networks from unauthorised access. This means that software-based security is now of paramount importance. Access control, encryption and authentication are key to ensuring that intruders remain outside the private network.

In particular, the lack of physical constraints means that security issues are becoming more and more relevant to the casual Internet user at home, the majority of who are non-specialists. Casual users employing wireless networking technology may not be aware of the activities taking place without their knowledge. The uptake of wireless networking therefore impacts upon society in general and has numerous legal, ethical and sociological issues, as well as technological.