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Which choice below does NOT relate to analog dial-up hacking?

Which choice below does NOT relate to analog dial-up hacking?

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A.
War Walking

B.
War Dialing

C.
Demon Dialing

D.
ToneLoc

Explanation:
War Walking (or War Driving) refers to scanning for 802.11-based
wireless network information, by either driving or walking with a

laptop, a wireless adapter in promiscuous mode, some type of
scanning software such as NetStumbler or AiroPeek, and a Global
Positioning System (GPS).
* War Dialing, is a method used to hack into computers by using a software program to
automatically call a large pool of telephone numbers to search for
those that have a modem attached.
* Demon Dialing, similar to War Dialing, is a tool used to attack one modem using
brute force to guess the password and gain access.
* ToneLoc, was one of the first war-dialing tools used by phone
phreakers. Sources: Hacking Exposed by Stuart McClure, Joel
Scambray, and George Kurtz (Osborne, 1999) and War Driving by
the Bay by Kevin Poulsen, The Register, April 13, 2001.


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