<s>
Kismet	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
network	B-Algorithm
detector	I-Algorithm
,	O
packet	B-Protocol
sniffer	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
intrusion	O
detection	O
system	O
for	O
802.11	O
wireless	B-Architecture
LANs	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kismet	B-Protocol
will	O
work	O
with	O
any	O
wireless	O
card	O
which	O
supports	O
raw	B-Protocol
monitoring	I-Protocol
mode	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
can	O
sniff	O
802.11a	O
,	O
802.11b	O
,	O
802.11g	O
,	O
and	O
802.11n	O
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
runs	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBSD	B-Device
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	O
can	O
also	O
run	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
although	O
,	O
aside	O
from	O
external	O
drones	O
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
,	O
there	O
's	O
only	O
one	O
supported	O
wireless	O
hardware	O
available	O
as	O
packet	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distributed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
Kismet	B-Protocol
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kismet	B-Protocol
differs	O
from	O
other	O
wireless	O
network	B-Algorithm
detectors	I-Algorithm
in	O
working	O
passively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Namely	O
,	O
without	O
sending	O
any	O
loggable	O
packets	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
detect	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
both	O
wireless	B-Device
access	I-Device
points	I-Device
and	O
wireless	O
clients	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
associate	O
them	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kismet	B-Protocol
also	O
includes	O
basic	O
wireless	O
IDS	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
detecting	O
active	O
wireless	O
sniffing	O
programs	O
including	O
NetStumbler	B-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
wireless	O
network	O
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kismet	B-Protocol
features	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
log	O
all	O
sniffed	O
packets	O
and	O
save	O
them	O
in	O
a	O
tcpdump/Wireshark	O
or	O
Airsnort	O
compatible	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kismet	B-Protocol
can	O
also	O
capture	O
"	O
Per-Packet	O
Information	O
"	O
headers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kismet	B-Protocol
also	O
features	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
detect	O
default	O
or	O
"	O
not	O
configured	O
"	O
networks	O
,	O
probe	O
requests	O
,	O
and	O
determine	O
what	O
level	O
of	O
wireless	O
encryption	O
is	O
used	O
on	O
a	O
given	O
access	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
find	O
as	O
many	O
networks	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
Kismet	B-Protocol
supports	O
channel	O
hopping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kismet	B-Protocol
also	O
supports	O
logging	O
of	O
the	O
geographical	O
coordinates	O
of	O
the	O
network	O
if	O
the	O
input	O
from	O
a	O
GPS	O
receiver	O
is	O
additionally	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kismet	B-Protocol
has	O
three	O
separate	O
parts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
updating	O
of	O
Kismet	B-Protocol
to	O
-ng	O
,	O
Kismet	B-Protocol
now	O
supports	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
scanning	O
plugins	O
including	O
DECT	B-Protocol
,	O
Bluetooth	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kismet	B-Protocol
is	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
commercial	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
distributed	O
with	O
Kali	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
peer	O
reviewed	O
studies	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Detecting	O
Rogue	O
Access	O
Points	O
using	O
Kismet	B-Protocol
"	O
.	O
</s>
