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war dial 

When you war dial,at least back in the days of BBSes, you are scanning every phone number in a range (eg 555-555-xxxx) to find BBSes,fax machines,carriers, company dial-in computers, and more!
Person 1: Hey, do you want to war dial?

Person 2: Sure, I need some hacking BBSes!
war dial by Go_Hacking! May 20, 2009
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war dialing

War dialing is scanning a range of telephones (ex. 555-555-xxxx) to find all sorts of stuff, like fax machines, carriers, and BBSes (remember this was a loooong time ago)!
Joe: Hey, I was war dialing our area code and found a hacking BBS!

Bob: Sweet! What's the number?

war dialing

Using a port scanner to find vulnerable computer systems.
"I was war dialing the school's network and found a backdoor, so I gave myself strait A's."