GSLC · Question #80
John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He has been assigned the project of testing the wireless sniffer to sniff the We-are-secure network. Which of the following tools will he use to…
The correct answer is B. Kismet. Kismet is a passive wireless packet sniffer and intrusion detection tool used to capture and analyze 802.11 wireless traffic.
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John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He has been assigned the project of testing the wireless sniffer to sniff the We-are-secure network. Which of the following tools will he use to accomplish his task?
Options
- ASnadboy's Revelation
- BKismet
- CNetStumbler
- DWEPCrack
How the community answered
(45 responses)- A2% (1)
- B89% (40)
- C2% (1)
- D7% (3)
Why each option
Kismet is a passive wireless packet sniffer and intrusion detection tool used to capture and analyze 802.11 wireless traffic.
Snadboy's Revelation is a password-recovery utility that uncovers passwords hidden behind asterisk characters in Windows dialog boxes and has no wireless sniffing capability.
Kismet is a dedicated wireless network detector and packet sniffer that operates passively by monitoring RF channels without transmitting any packets, making it ideal for stealthily sniffing a target wireless network. It supports multiple wireless card drivers and protocols and can log all captured frames for later analysis. Its passive operation makes it the appropriate choice for a penetration tester performing wireless traffic capture.
NetStumbler is an active wireless network scanner that sends probe requests to discover access points - it is a scanner rather than a passive packet sniffer.
WEPCrack is a tool designed specifically to crack WEP encryption keys using statistical analysis and does not function as a general wireless traffic sniffer.
Concept tested: Wireless network sniffing using Kismet
Source: https://www.kismetwireless.net/docs/readme/intro/kismet/
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