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Re: [umit-devel] UmitBT 0.8 released
From: Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:13:12 -0800
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 09:09:08AM +0800, devtar wrote:
Greetings, The tarball and Windows installer for UmitBT 0.8 are available. Check them out at http://umitbt.umitproject.org.
Congratulations! Traditionally UMIT/Zenmap/Nmap have only dealt with IP-layer protocols, with a little bit of ARP thrown in for efficiency. Adding Bluetooth is an interesting extension. I use a lot of BT devices, so I can definitely see the value. In many ways, UmitBT has more in common with a tool such as Kismet than with Umit/Zenmap/Nmap. I'm not sure that Nmap will ever want to find WAPs or BT devices (one could argue that it is bloat considering Nmap's core mission), but it is an interesting idea. Actually, this sort of thing (Nmap WAP/BT discovery, not all of UmitBT) could potentially be written as an Nmap NSE script which executes the proper commands if they exist (e.g. 'iwlist ap') and parses the data for nice Nmap presentation. Presumably an equivalent could be done for Bluetooth. The value would mostly just be in having a portable way to list the accessible WAPs (or BT devices) and see the results in a consistent format. You could then join the discovered Wifi network (or pair with a BT device to tether IP through) and start more serious IP scanning. I'm not sure if those scripts would be useful to people or not, but it is definitely an interesting thought experiment. Do either of your screen shots on the UmitBT page show SDP discovery scan results? The page says they are turned off by default because the scan "would take a considerable amount of time to complete". How long does it usually take? What sort of data do you get back? I've CC'd nmap-dev in case some of them want to take a look at UmitBT. Just as with WiFi detectors such as Kismet, I do think Bluetooth discovery tools are important. Adding it to Umit still strikes me as a bit strange (just as UmitWeb does), but that doesn't make it any less interesting or less worth trying out! Cheers, -F _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org
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- Re: [umit-devel] UmitBT 0.8 released Fyodor (Feb 20)
- Re: [umit-devel] UmitBT 0.8 released Adriano Marques (Feb 21)
- Re: [umit-devel] UmitBT 0.8 released devtar (Feb 21)
- Re: [umit-devel] UmitBT 0.8 released Adriano Marques (Feb 21)