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diff --git a/network/kismet/README b/network/kismet/README index 828234426d..3620ea1ab5 100644 --- a/network/kismet/README +++ b/network/kismet/README @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and -intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which -supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and (with appropriate hardware) -can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11n traffic. Kismet also -supports plugins which allow sniffing other media such as DECT. +intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card +which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and (with appropriate +hardware) can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11n traffic. +Kismet also supports plugins which allow sniffing other media such as +DECT. Kismet identifies networks by passively collecting packets and detecting standard named networks, detecting (and given time, decloaking) hidden networks, and inferring the presence of nonbeaconing networks via data traffic. -This script requires a 'kismet' group to exist before running. -The recommended GID is 234. You can create it like this: groupadd -g -234 kismet +This script requires a 'kismet' group to exist before running. The +recommended GID is 234. You can create it like this: +groupadd -g 234 kismet After installation, add user to kismet group and re-login. |