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?

by Phreaking_is_not_dead May 19, 2009