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Kismet on Mac OS X

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-you-war-where-i-drive dept.

KrON writes "Kismet, undoubtedly one of the finest wardriving tools around, now has the ability to capture under Mac OS X using the Viha wireless drivers. Not only do we get to play with Kismet's awesome CLI now, but we can also use it in conjunction with GPSDrive"

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  1. Kismac? by Matthias+Wiesmann · · Score: 5, Informative

    One OS X application worth mentionning is Kismac. It seems to have similar features and has a cocoa interface. It would be interesting to compare the feature of both applications.

    1. Re:Kismac? by mjoecups · · Score: 5, Informative

      It also has the GPS connection built into it, so the blabbing about needing the command line is typical for a slashdot post... We don't need the command line for that feature we had it in a GUI months ago. Also if you are running Kismac on machine with the PCMCIA based Wavelan card, and you are using the open source wireless driver, you need to reboot after running Kismac, as it seems to stomp on the wireless driver somehow. Kismac with the Wavelan card found 3 networks in my backyard, while the built in airport card in this PB/G4 TI found none...

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  2. Re:Just Curious by druske · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I suppose it could be useful for an administrator trying to sniff out network vulnerabilities. I know of one large company that's become very paranoid about wireless access points after discovering a few unauthorized installations on the company LAN. There wasn't any plot behind it, just a few employees experimenting, but there were holes that could've been exploited nonetheless.

    Other than that, I can think of better uses for my time than trying to spy on my neighbor's network traffic.