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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>Kismet – SecTools Top Network Security Tools</title> <meta name="description" content="Reviews, ratings, and information about Kismet: packet sniffers, wireless tools, "> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="/tool/kismet/feed/"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"> <meta name="theme-color" content="#2A0D45"> <link rel="preload" as="image" href="/images/sitelogo.png" imagesizes="168px" imagesrcset="/images/sitelogo.png, /images/sitelogo-2x.png 2x"> <link rel="preload" as="image" href="/shared/images/nst-icons.svg"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/shared/css/nst.css?v=2"> <script async src="/shared/js/nst.js?v=2"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/shared/css/nst-foot.css?v=2" media="print" onload="this.media='all'"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/site.css">  <link rel="preload" href="https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js" as="script"> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-11009417-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script>  <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOARCHIVE"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/shared/images/tiny-eyeicon.png" type="image/png"> </head> <body><div id="nst-wrapper"> <div id="menu"> <div class="blur"> <header id="nst-head"> <a id="menu-open" href="#menu" aria-label="Open menu"> <img width="44" height="44" alt="" aria-hidden="true" src="/shared/images/nst-icons.svg#menu"> </a> <a id="menu-close" href="#" aria-label="Close menu"> <img width="44" height="44" alt="" aria-hidden="true" src="/shared/images/nst-icons.svg#close"> </a> <a id="nst-logo" href="/" aria-label="Home page"> <img alt="Home page logo" srcset="/images/sitelogo.png, /images/sitelogo-2x.png 2x" src="/images/sitelogo.png" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.srcset=this.src" height=90 width=168></a> <nav id="nst-gnav"> <a class="nlink" href="https://nmap.org/">Nmap.org</a> <a class="nlink" href="https://npcap.com/">Npcap.com</a> <a class="nlink" href="https://seclists.org/">Seclists.org</a> <a class="nlink" href="https://sectools.org">Sectools.org</a> <a class="nlink" href="https://insecure.org/">Insecure.org</a> </nav> <form class="nst-search" id="nst-head-search" action="/search/"> <input class="nst-search-q" name="q" type="search" placeholder="Site Search"> <button class="nst-search-button" title="Search"> <img style="width:100%;aspect-ratio:1/1;" alt="" aria-hidden="true" src="/shared/images/nst-icons.svg#search"> </button> </form> </header> </div> </div> <main id="nst-content"> <nav> <div id="nav"> <ul> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/about/">About/Help</a></li> <li><a href="/contrib/">Suggest a new tool</a></li> <li><form action="/search/" method="get"><input type="text" name="q" size="10"><input type="submit" value="Search"></form></li> </ul> </div> </nav> <h1 class="toolhead">Kismet</h1> <ul class="inline-tags-container"> <li class="inline-tags-container"> <ul class="inline-tags"> <li><a href="http://www.kismetwireless.net/"><img src="/flags/home-icon.png" title="Homepage" alt="Home icon" border="0"></a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kismet_(software)"><img src="/flags/wiki-icon.png" title="Wikipedia" alt="Wikipedia icon" border="0"></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="inline-tags-container"> <ul class="inline-tags"> <li><a href="/tag/free/"><img src="/flags/free_30x30.png" title="All official versions are free of charge" alt=""Free" price tag icon" border="0"></a></li> <li><a href="/tag/linux/"><img src="/flags/linuxpenguinlogo_30x30.gif" title="Works natively on Linux." alt="Linux penguin icon" border="0"></a></li> <li><a href="/tag/os-x/"><img src="/flags/osx-30x30.png" title="Works natively on Apple Mac OS X." alt="OS X icon" border="0"></a></li> <li><a href="/tag/windows/"><img src="/flags/winlogo_30x30.gif" title="Works natively on Microsoft Windows." alt="Windows icon" border="0"></a></li> <li><a href="/tag/command-line/"><img src="/flags/term-30x30.png" title="Features a command-line interface." alt="Terminal window icon" border="0"></a></li> <li><a href="/tag/source/"><img src="/flags/magnifying-glass-19x30.png" title="Source code available for inspection." alt="Magnifying glass icon" border="0"></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="inline-tags-container"> <ul class="inline-tags"> <li><a href="/tag/sniffers/" title="Packet sniffers">sniffers</a></li> <li><a href="/tag/wireless/" title="Wireless tools">wireless</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> <div class="logo" style="float:left"><img src="/logos/kismet-80x46.png" alt="Kismet logo"></div> Kismet is a console (ncurses) based 802.11 layer-2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. It identifies networks by passively sniffing (as opposed to more active tools such as <a class="local" href="/tool/netstumbler/">NetStumbler</a>), and can even decloak hidden (non-beaconing) networks if they are in use. It can automatically detect network IP blocks by sniffing TCP, UDP, ARP, and DHCP packets, log traffic in <a class="local" href="/tool/wireshark/">Wireshark</a>/<a class="local" href="/tool/tcpdump/">tcpdump</a> compatible format, and even plot detected networks and estimated ranges on downloaded maps. As you might expect, this tool is commonly used for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardriving">wardriving</a>. Oh, and also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwalking">warwalking</a>, <a href="http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2002/08/warflying.ars">warflying</a>, and <a href="http://www.oldskoolphreak.com/tfiles/wifi/warskating/warskating.html">warskating</a>, etc. For downloads and more information, <a href="http://www.kismetwireless.net/">visit the Kismet homepage</a>. </p> <div id="infobox"> <dl> <dt>Popularity</dt> <dd>#11, <span class="rank-down" title="Change in popularity since last survey"><img src="/flags/downarrow.gif">4</span></dd> <dt>Latest release</ttd> <dd><ul class="inline"> <li>Kismet-2013-03-R1b</li> <li>April 8, 2013 (12 years ago)</li> </ul> </dd> <dt>Links</dt> <dd><ul class="inline"> <li> <a href="http://www.kismetwireless.net/">Homepage/Download</a></li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kismet_(software)">Wikipedia</a></li> </ul> </dd> <dt>Rating</ttd> <dd>★★★★★ (2) <div class="histogram"> <span class="stars">★★★★★</span> <div class="histogram-bg"><div class="histogram-bar" style="width:100%"></div></div> <span class="percent">100%</span> <span class="stars">★★★★</span> <div class="histogram-bg"><div class="histogram-bar" style="width:0%"></div></div> <span class="percent">0%</span> <span class="stars">★★★</span> <div class="histogram-bg"><div class="histogram-bar" style="width:0%"></div></div> <span class="percent">0%</span> <span class="stars">★★</span> <div class="histogram-bg"><div class="histogram-bar" style="width:0%"></div></div> <span class="percent">0%</span> <span class="stars">★</span> <div class="histogram-bg"><div class="histogram-bar" style="width:0%"></div></div> <span class="percent">0%</span> </div> </dd> </dl> <a href="/tool/kismet/contrib/" class="update-link">Outdated/incomplete?</a> </div> <div id="screenshots"> <h2>Screenshot</h2> <div class="screens"><a href="/tool/kismet/screenshot/0/"><img src="/images/screenshots/256x256/Kismet-2.7.1-screenshot.gif" width="256" height="163"></a></div> </div> <h2>Comments</h2> <dl id="comments"> <dt id="c1403"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> ★★★★★ </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c1403" class="permalink">May 20, 2019</a></span> incredincomp </dt> <dd> <p> Awesome *UPDATED program and development community. Check out <a href="https://www.kismetwireless.net/" rel="nofollow">https://www.kismetwireless.net/</a> for some of the other projects and information/docs regarding the newest release of Kismet. Kismet is currently still in active development and is in turn getting better and better as time goes on. Gem of a program. Incredibly versatile and competent all around, anyone who fancies themselves information on random/obscure/unknown wireless networks, this is for you. Also has the ability to map networks to a map with the help of a GPS unit. Seriously Mike is amazing, and the work he does is absolutely incredible. He is hard on himself, as it shows and then subsequently pays off in the code that he writes and maintains. Huge supporter here. Try it yourself! </p> </dd> <dt id="c337"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> ★★★★★ </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c337" class="permalink">April 1, 2012</a></span> <a href="http://www.whitehatgrop.in/" rel="nofollow">Yekeen</a> </dt> <dd> <p> It's awesome. I did war-walking/driving all day with some of my students and the results were staggering. Along with a few other binaries, Kismet can do wonders with WiFi hotspots when it comes to vulnerability testing,privilege escalation and more...GR8 Job </p> </dd> </dl> <h2>Comments disabled</h2> <p> <a href="/tool/kismet/feed/">Feed for updates.</a> </p> <p> <a href="/">Home</a> </p> </main> <footer id="nst-foot"> <form class="nst-search" id="nst-foot-search" action="/search/"> <input class="nst-search-q" name="q" type="search" placeholder="Site Search"> <button class="nst-search-button" title="Search"> <img style="width:100%;aspect-ratio:1/1;" alt="" aria-hidden="true" src="/shared/images/nst-icons.svg#search"> </button> </form> <div class="flexlists"> <div class="fl-unit"> <h2><a class="nlink" href="https://nmap.org/">Nmap Security Scanner</a></h2> <ul> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://nmap.org/book/man.html">Ref Guide</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://nmap.org/book/install.html">Install Guide</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://nmap.org/docs.html">Docs</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://nmap.org/download.html">Download</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://nmap.org/oem/">Nmap OEM</a> </ul> </div> <div class="fl-unit"> <h2><a class="nlink" href="https://npcap.com/">Npcap packet capture</a></h2> <ul> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://npcap.com/guide/">User's Guide</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://npcap.com/guide/npcap-devguide.html#npcap-api">API docs</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://npcap.com/#download">Download</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://npcap.com/oem/">Npcap OEM</a> </ul> </div> <div class="fl-unit"> <h2><a class="nlink" href="https://seclists.org/">Security Lists</a></h2> <ul> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://seclists.org/nmap-announce/">Nmap Announce</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://seclists.org/nmap-dev/">Nmap Dev</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/">Full Disclosure</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://seclists.org/oss-sec/">Open Source Security</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://seclists.org/dataloss/">BreachExchange</a> </ul> </div> <div class="fl-unit"> <h2><a class="nlink" href="https://sectools.org">Security Tools</a></h2> <ul> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://sectools.org/tag/vuln-scanners/">Vuln scanners</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://sectools.org/tag/pass-audit/">Password audit</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://sectools.org/tag/web-scanners/">Web scanners</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://sectools.org/tag/wireless/">Wireless</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://sectools.org/tag/sploits/">Exploitation</a> </ul> </div> <div class="fl-unit"> <h2><a class="nlink" href="https://insecure.org/">About</a></h2> <ul> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://insecure.org/fyodor/">About/Contact</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://insecure.org/privacy.html">Privacy</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://insecure.org/advertising.html">Advertising</a> <li><a class="nlink" href="https://nmap.org/npsl/">Nmap Public Source License</a> </ul> </div> <div class="fl-unit social-links"> <a class="nlink" href="https://twitter.com/nmap" title="Visit us on Twitter"> <img width="32" height="32" src="/shared/images/nst-icons.svg#twitter" alt="" aria-hidden="true"> </a> <a class="nlink" href="https://facebook.com/nmap" title="Visit us on Facebook"> <img width="32" height="32" src="/shared/images/nst-icons.svg#facebook" alt="" aria-hidden="true"> </a> <a class="nlink" href="https://github.com/nmap/" title="Visit us on Github"> <img width="32" height="32" src="/shared/images/nst-icons.svg#github" alt="" aria-hidden="true"> </a> <a class="nlink" href="https://reddit.com/r/nmap/" title="Discuss Nmap on Reddit"> <img width="32" height="32" src="/shared/images/nst-icons.svg#reddit" alt="" aria-hidden="true"> </a> </div> </div> </footer> </div> </body> </html>