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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…

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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Question

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)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    89% (40)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    7% (3)

Why each option

Kismet is a passive wireless packet sniffer and intrusion detection tool used to capture and analyze 802.11 wireless traffic.

ASnadboy's Revelation

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.

BKismetCorrect

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.

CNetStumbler

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.

DWEPCrack

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/

Topics

#wireless sniffing#Kismet#wireless security tools#packet capture

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