Wireless Vulnerabilities & Exploits
Wireless Vulnerabilities & Exploits
WVE ID: WVE-2005-0017
Type: Exploit
Status: Candidate
Classification:
Other
Description:
AirFart is a passive 802.11 discovery tool for Linux.
Discussion:
AirFart is a passive 802.11 discovery tool for Linux that works with PRISM2 based wireless NICs and the Linux-wlan-ng drivers. The program provides a GTK based GUI and lists all wireless devices it finds whether they be stations or access points.
For each device listed it's MAC address, SSID, manufacturer, and signal strength are display. Additionally, the number of packets observed and an activity indicator are displayed for each device.
Credits
Author:
David
Smith
(uugdave@users.sourceforge.net)
: None
Author:
Michael
Torrie
(torriem@users.sourceforge.net)
: None
Author:
Michael
Golden
(naugrim@users.sourceforge.net)
: None
Author:
Evan
McNabb
(emcnabb@users.sourceforge.net)
: None
References
URL:
http://airfart.sourceforge.net/
Released: 2002-12-14
Submitter
Andrew
Lockhart
(alockhart@networkchemistry.com)
: Network Chemistry
Submitted: Mon Oct 24 15:53:37 -0700 2005
Candidate Date: Mon Oct 24 15:54:08 -0700 2005
