<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>war dialer</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="wannabee.html" title="wannabee"/><link rel="next" href="war-driving.html" title="war-driving"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">war dialer</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wannabee.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="war-driving.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="war-dialer"/><dt xmlns="" id="war-dialer"><b>war dialer</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [originally from ‘wargames dialer’, a reference to the movie <i class="citetitle">War Games</i>] A cracking tool, a program that calls a given list or range of phone numbers and records those which answer with handshake tones (and so might be entry points to computer or telecommunications systems). Some of these programs have become quite sophisticated, and can now detect modem, fax, or PBX tones and log each one separately. The war dialer is one of the most important tools in the <a href="../P/phreaker.html"><i class="glossterm">phreaker</i></a>'s kit. These programs evolved from early <a href="../D/demon-dialer.html"><i class="glossterm">demon dialer</i></a>s.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wannabee.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="war-driving.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">wannabee </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> war-driving</td></tr></table></div></body></html>