Kismet Hacking (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Kismet Hacking 4
Copyright Page 5
Contributing Authors 6
Contents 8
Chapter 1: Introduction to Wireless Networking, Wardriving, and Kismet 14
Exploring Past Discoveries That Led to Wireless 15
Discovering Electromagnetism 15
Exploring Conduction 16
Inventing the Radio 17
Mounting Radio-Telephones in Cars 18
Inventing Computers and Networks 19
Inventing Cell Phones 20
Exploring Present Applications for Wireless 22
Applying Wireless Technology to Vertical Markets 23
Using Wireless in Delivery Services 23
Using Wireless for Public Safety 23
Using Wireless in the Financial World 24
Using Wireless in the Retail World 24
Using Wireless in Monitoring Applications 25
Applying Wireless Technology to Horizontal Applications 25
Using Wireless in Messaging 25
Using Wireless for Mapping 25
Using Wireless for Web Surfing 26
Using Bluetooth Wireless Devices 26
Introduction to Wardriving 27
The Origins of Wardriving 27
Definition 27
The Terminology History of Wardriving 28
Wardriving Misconceptions 28
The Truth about Wardriving 29
The Legality of Wardriving 30
Introduction to Wardriving with Linux 30
Preparing Your System to Wardrive 30
Preparing the Kernel 30
Preparing the Kernel for Monitor Mode 31
Preparing the Kernel for a Global Positioning System 34
Installing the Proper Tools 36
Installing Kismet 36
Installing GPSD 37
Configuring Your System to Wardrive 37
Wardriving with Linux and Kismet 42
Starting Kismet 42
Using the Kismet Interface 44
Understanding the Kismet Options 45
Using a Graphical Front End 48
Summary 51
Chapter 2: Basic Installation 52
Introduction 53
Kismet Prerequisites 54
Kismet Installation 56
Choosing a Wireless Card Driver 63
Wireless Card Driver Compiling and Installation 68
Configuring Kismet (Editing kismet.conf) 69
Run Kismet 73
Chapter 3: Operating Kismet 76
Introduction 77
The Kismet User Interface 77
The Introductory Splash Screen 78
Play Sounds 79
Additional RF Equipment: Antennas and Cables 79
Pigtails 83
Using a GPS Receiver with Kismet 84
Typical GPS Problems 87
Putting It All together: The Complete Kismet Setup 91
Summary 94
Chapter 4: Kismet Menus 96
Introduction 97
Main Display 98
Network List Panel 99
Sorting 100
Columns 101
Decay 102
Name 102
Type 102
WEP 103
Channel 103
Packets 103
Flags 103
IP 104
Size 104
Colors 104
GPS 105
Information Panel 106
Status Panel 106
Pop-up Windows 107
Network Details 108
Client List 109
Columns 109
Decay 109
Type 110
Manufacturer 110
Data 111
Crypt 111
Size 111
IP Range 111
Sgn 111
Client Details 111
Packet rate 112
Packet Types 113
Statistics 115
Wireless Card Power 115
Network Location 116
Customizing the Panels Interface 117
Customizing the Network List Window 118
Customizing the Client List Window 119
Customizing Colors 120
Third Party Front-ends 121
gkismet 121
KisWin 122
dumb kismet client 123
Further information 124
Summary 125
Solutions Fast Track 125
Chapter 5: Configuring the Kismet Server 128
Introduction 129
The Kismet Config File 129
Kismet Parameters 129
Kismet.conf 130
Kismet Server Command Line 156
Summary 160
Chapter 6: Kismet Client Configuration File 162
Introduction 163
The Kismet Client Config File 163
Kismet Parameters 163
Command-Line Switches 181
Summary 183
Chapter 7: Server.conf File Advanced Configuration 184
Introduction 185
Asus eeePC Installation 185
Installation and Updating 185
Install Development Tools 186
Kismet on Windows 188
Installation 189
Troubleshooting 190
Wardriving in a Box 190
Monitor Installation 197
Summary 198
Chapter 8: Kismet Drones 200
Introduction 201
Drone Installation 201
Linksys WRT54G 201
Installation 203
Whiterussian 204
Server Configuration 207
Troubleshooting 210
Kamikaze 211
Server Configuration 217
Cross Compiling with OpenWRT-Buildroot 218
Buildroot Installation 218
Troubleshooting 224
PC Drone Setup 225
Kismet Drone Configuration File 227
Summary 235
Chapter 9: Kismet and Mapping 236
Introduction 237
GPSMap/KisMap 237
Patching GPSMap 238
KisMap 238
WiGLE 238
WiGLE Google Map 239
IGiGLE 240
GpsDrive 241
Installation 242
Install from Source 243
Install from Package 243
MySQL 244
Kismet + GpsDrive + MySQL 246
Maps 247
Alternatives 248
Kismet Earth 248
OpenStreetMap 248
Summary 249
Solutions Fast Track 249
Chapter 10: Wardriving with Kismet and BackTrack 252
Introduction 253
Obtaining BackTrack 253
Downloading BackTrack 253
Burning BackTrack to CD 255
Configuring Kismet 256
Booting into BackTrack 256
Wireless Card Configuration 256
kismet.conf 257
Command Line 258
Log File Configuration 258
Other Configuration Issues 258
Wardriving with Kismet 259
Wardriving 260
Managing Your Results 263
WiGLE 263
Index 266