Kismet
Kismet is an 802.11 layer 2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. It will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11n traffic (device drivers permitting). It identifies networks by passively collecting packets and detecting standard named networks, detecting (and given time, decloaking) hidden networks, and inferring the presence of non-beaconing networks via data traffic.
| Tags | Security Networking Monitoring Scientific/Engineering Geographical |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux BSD OpenBSD FreeBSD Mac OS X |
Recent releases
- 24 Jun 2009 21:22
Changes: This release drops the "candidate" designation, and is the first full release of the Kismet-Newcore code. It includes a number of UI improvements (better network details, more mouse support, fixed color handling, and nework notes), multiple platform-specific fixes (OS X installation, Nokia ITT bugfixes, and BSD fixes), has improved source handling on Linux, de-cloaked SSID caching, and more.
- 28 May 2009 00:55
Changes: This release has a single bugfix for a parsing error in generating the command line to launch the Kismet server from inside the UI.
- 27 May 2009 08:27
Changes: This is a maintenance release of the now-deprecated original Kismet code. This release includes fixes for GPS and support for newer Intel, Ralink, and Atheros cards on Linux.
- 27 May 2009 08:28
Changes: This is a complete rewrite of Kismet (referred to as Kismet-Newcore while under development). It includes a new user interface, improved tracking, IDS functions, a plugin architecture for both server and client, and auto-detection of drivers and supported channels on sniffing devices.
- 30 May 2008 08:52
Changes: Bugfixes were made to GPS handling. Darwin support and WRT54 broadcom support were added. Assorted Linux capture source quirks were fixed. Nokia device fixes were made. Compile and configure time updates and updates for ImageMagick support were done.
- All comments
Recent commentskismet zaurus
The cfg file appears to be missing from the 2.6.2
distro (executing the kismet binary gives an error
that the network type has not been set, and on
inspection there was no cfg file to start with).
Is this deliberate, and if so, is there a location where working sample cfg files can be obtained
to get started?
/P