' Wireless network discovery tool for Mac OS X. ' KisMAC is a tool for locating wireless networks on a Mac OS X. The software though running on a Mac is based on the Kismet software used on both Linux and BSD operating systems. This tool is primarily designed for network engineers rather than the layman. KisMAC is an open-source and free sniffer/scanner application for Mac OS X. It has an advantage over MacStumbler / iStumbler / NetStumbler in that it uses monitor mode and passive scanning. KisMAC supports many third party USB devices: Intersil Prism2, Ralink rt2570, rt73, and Realtek rtl8187 chipsets. KisMAC – a WiFi scanner for your Mac Free and open-source program helps you collect essential information about surrounding WiFi networks. KisMAC WiFi scanner app can detect SSIDs, shows you the logged in clients, allows you to sketch WiFi maps, and more! Download KisMAC 2 source code.
- Reveals hidden / cloaked / closed SSIDs
- Shows logged in clients (with MAC Addresses, IP addresses and signal strengths)
- Mapping and GPS support
- Can draw area maps of network coverage
- PCAP import and export
- Support for 802.11b/g
- Different attacks against encrypted networks
- Deauthentication attacks
- AppleScript-able
- Kismet drone support (capture from a Kismet drone)
- Apple AirPort and AirPort Extreme (dependent upon Apple's drivers)
- Intersil Prism 2, 2.5, 3 USB devices
- Ralink rt2570 and rt73 USB devices
- Realtek RTL8187L USB (such as the Alfa AWUS036H, which does not work on Mac OS 10.6.7 or later)
- Bruteforce attacks against LEAP, WPA and WEP
- Weak scheduling attack against WEP
- Newsham 21-bit attack against WEP
| Developer(s) | Mike Kershaw (dragorn) |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2020-04-R3[1] / May 2, 2020; 5 months ago |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Packet Sniffer |
| License | GPL |
| Website | www.kismetwireless.net |
Kismet is a network detector, packet sniffer, and intrusion detection system for 802.11wireless LANs. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring mode, and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n traffic. The program runs under Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Mac OS X. The client can also run on Microsoft Windows, although, aside from external drones (see below), there's only one supported wireless hardware available as packet source.
Distributed under the GNU General Public License,[2] Kismet is free software.
Features[edit]
Kismet differs from other wireless network detectors in working passively. Namely, without sending any loggable packets, it is able to detect the presence of both wireless access points and wireless clients, and to associate them with each other. It is also the most widely used and up to date open source wireless monitoring tool.[citation needed]
Kismet On Mac Os X
Kismet also includes basic wireless IDS features such as detecting active wireless sniffing programs including NetStumbler, as well as a number of wireless network attacks.
Kismet features the ability to log all sniffed packets and save them in a tcpdump/Wireshark or Airsnort compatible file format. Kismet can also capture 'Per-Packet Information' headers.
Kismet also features the ability to detect default or 'not configured' networks, probe requests, and determine what level of wireless encryption is used on a given access point.
In order to find as many networks as possible, Kismet supports channel hopping. This means that it constantly changes from channel to channel non-sequentially, in a user-defined sequence with a default value that leaves big holes between channels (for example, 1-6-11-2-7-12-3-8-13-4-9-14-5-10). The advantage with this method is that it will capture more packets because adjacent channels overlap.
Kismet also supports logging of the geographical coordinates of the network if the input from a GPS receiver is additionally available.
Server / Drone / Client infrastructure[edit]
Kismet has three separate parts. A drone can be used to collect packets, and then pass them on to a server for interpretation. A server can either be used in conjunction with a drone, or on its own, interpreting packet data, and extrapolating wireless information, and organizing it. The client communicates with the server and displays the information the server collects.
Plugins[edit]
With the updating of Kismet to -ng, Kismet now supports a wide variety of scanning plugins including DECT, Bluetooth, and others.
Usage[edit]
Kismet is used in a number of commercial and open source projects. It is distributed with Kali Linux.[3] It is used for wireless reconnaissance,[4] and can be used with other packages for an inexpensive wireless intrusion detection system.[5] It has been used in a number of peer reviewed studies such as 'Detecting Rogue Access Points using Kismet'.[6]
See also[edit]
- KisMAC (for Mac OS X)
References[edit]
- ^https://www.kismetwireless.net/ Kismet web site
- ^'Kismet Readme'. kismetwireless.net. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^'Kismet'. Kali Tools. Kali Linux.
- ^Lynn, Michael; Biondi, Philippe; Beauchesne, Nicolas (August 2007). Security Power Tools. O'Reilly Media. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^Murray, Jason. 'An Inexpensive Wireless IDS using Kismet and OpenWRT'. SANS Institute. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^Thejdeep, G. (2015). 'Detecting Rogue Access Points using Kismet'. In Communications and Signal Processing: 0172–0175. doi:10.1109/ICCSP.2015.7322813. ISBN978-1-4799-8081-9.
External links[edit]
Kismet For Mac Os 10.10