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Saturday, 16 August 2008 |
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Page 2 of 2 Step 4: Updating Kismet
This step is optional. Backtrack 3 Final is using Kismet version 2007.10.R1. Download the latest version from here if you like to update it:
Install the software like this:
cp /usr/local/etc/kismet.conf /usr/local/etc/kismet.conf.backup
tar xzf kismet-2008-R1.tar.gz
cd kismet-2008-R1
./configure -disable-setuid
./make
./make install
cp /usr/local/etc/kismet.conf.backup /usr/local/etc/kismet.conf
Kismet will still display the rt8180 interface in the GUI. Let’s change this altering the following file using your favourite editor:
/usr/local/bin/start-kismet-ng
Change the line 166 in the section related to the RTL8187 chipset:
from:
A_WLAN_MENU=”$A_WLAN_MENU $interface, rt8180 $iface”
to:
A_WLAN_MENU=”$A_WLAN_MENU $interface, rt8187 $iface”
Step 5: Running Kismet, collecting data and converting it to GoogleEarth format
It’s time now running kismet and collection the wireless data in your environment. Make sure to connect the USB devices to the notebook first and to use the VM > Removable Devices menu to connect them to the virtual machine. Open a Shell - Konsole and start the GPS daemon like this:
gpsd /dev/tts/USB0
Run Kismet using the KDE Menu like shown in the picture below and collect the data in your region. Kismet will store different files in the root directory. We will need to convert the file Kismet-Aug-13-2008-9.xml and Kismet-Aug-13-2008-9.gps to a file format readable by GoogleEarth. We will use kisgearth for this purpose.
Kisgearth is a small perl script that gives you the possibility to convert your kismet xml and gps logfiles to GoogleEarth kml files. You can apply a lot of filters and use sorting/ordering functions in order to get the best results. Download the script from here:
http://e-axe.mytty.org/kisgearth/
To get it running we will need the XML::Simple source code you can download here:
http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Simple/lib/XML/Simple.pm
tar xzf XML-Simple2.18.tar.gz
tar xzf kisgearth-0.01e.tar.gz
cd XML-Simple-2.18
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
cd ..
cd kisgearth-0.01e
According to the README you can use the following commands to convert the data:
Networks coloured by encryption:
kisgearth.pl -d -oN output.kml -O 1 -r -n 1 -- Kismet-Aug-13-2008-9.xml
Networks coloured by channel:
kisgearth.pl -d -oN output.kml -O 1 -r -n 2 -- Kismet-Aug-13-2008-9.xml
The tool will automatically find the gps data related to the xml file on the hard disk.
Finally you can open the output.kml file in GogglEarth and to analyze the data.
The main advantage of this solution is that you now can copy the VMware image to different notebooks or desktop computers running all kinds of operating systems and hardware configurations.
Have fun!
I have found a very nice video here:
How to install BackTrack 3 (Final) in VMware 6 Workstatsion?
<hxxp://g0tmi1k.blip.tv/file/1159692/>
(Replace xx to get a correct URL)
Some screenshots:
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