kismet hacking

[...]... (www.pygps.org/gspd/downloads) Installing Kismet In this section, we’ll provide a brief introduction to installing Kismet See Chapter 2 for complete installation instructions Kismet installation is a very straightforward process Simply download the latest release of Kismet from www.kismetwireless.net/ download.shtml and save it in a directory of your choice (Older versions of Kismet can be retrieved from www.kismetwireless.net/code.)... installed Kismet and GPSD, you need to edit the Kismet configuration files so that Kismet will function properly on your system Unless you www.syngress.com Introduction to Wireless Networking, Wardriving, and Kismet • Chapter 1 25 (or your package manager) have changed the location, the configuration files are put in /usr/local/etc There are two files you need to edit: kismet. conf and kismet_ ui.conf The kismet_ ui.conf... network, Kismet can often determine the SSID of these cloaked networks Now that we have tweaked the Kismet configuration files to our liking, we are ready to start wardriving with Kismet In this section, you will learn how to start Kismet and how to use the Kismet interface once you have it running We look at the different options that Kismet provides and, how to use a graphical front end for Kismet. .. that Kismet provides and, how to use a graphical front end for Kismet Starting Kismet Starting Kismet is relatively simple Assuming Kismet is in your path, type kismet at the command line as shown in Figure 1.5 www.syngress.com 30 Chapter 1 • Introduction to Wireless Networking, Wardriving, and Kismet Figure 1.5 Starting Kismet … Something is Wrong Here The process ID file (pidfile) could not be set... Introduction to Wireless Networking, Wardriving, and Kismet • Chapter 1 31 Figure 1.6 Kismet Starts Successfully Using the Kismet Interface In this section, we’ll provide you with an introduction to the Kismet interface See Chapter 4 for a complete discussion of the Kismet menus and functionality In addition to its ability to identify access points, Kismet has a very powerful user interface.You can find... kismet_ ui.conf file controls the user interface options of Kismet For the most part, you can leave these options at their default, unless you want to tweak the appearance of the interface Kismet does have a Welcome window that displays every time you start Kismet (see Figure 1.4) Figure 1.4 The Kismet Welcome Window To get rid of the Welcome window when Kismet starts, change the showintro option to false:... chapter and unless otherwise noted, “compile the program” refers to these three steps This installs Kismet in the default directory (/usr/local/bin /kismet) and the Kismet configuration files in (/usr/local/etc /kismet) www.syngress.com 24 Chapter 1 • Introduction to Wireless Networking, Wardriving, and Kismet Compiling from Source or Packages The compilation examples in this chapter show how to compile... network, and gps After you have made any changes, save the file and you are ready to wardrive with Kismet Wardriving with Linux and Kismet There are a lot of reasons to use Kismet to wardrive The exceptional range of log files you can generate make it very attractive Unlike some other wardriving software, Kismet doesn’t just detect the access points, but also saves a complete log of all of the packets... where the pidfile is written in the kismet. conf: # Where do we store the pid file of the server? piddir=/home/roamer Changing the location of the pidfile is one option, but because you have already set a suiduser in your kismet. conf, it is probably easier to su to root and then run kismet Root has permission to write the pidfile, but after it has performed that action, Kismet drops the privilege down to... Do we show the intro window? showintro=false The kismet. conf file is where the important Kismet options are set In order for Kismet to function properly, this file must be edited to reflect your environment and hardware First, you need to edit the suiduser variable: www.syngress.com 26 Chapter 1 • Introduction to Wireless Networking, Wardriving, and Kismet # User to setid to (should be your normal . years with the hacking community, sometimes to the attention of carious Canadian and American intelligence agencies. A firm believer in the hacker ethos and promoting responsible hacking and sharing. Wardriving with Linux Wardriving with Linux and Kismet ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ˛ Summary www.syngress.com 2 Chapter 1 • Introduction to Wireless Networking, Wardriving, and Kismet Exploring Past Discoveries That. criminal. Criminality has nothing to do with hacking or wardriving. www.syngress.com 16 Chapter 1 • Introduction to Wireless Networking, Wardriving, and Kismet In an effort to generate ratings and