Kismet Hacking

Chapter 4. Kismet Menus

Solutions in this chapter:

• Main display
• Popup windows
• Customizing the panels interface
• Third party front-ends
• Summary
• Solutions Fast Track

Introduction

Kismet is a text-based application that uses an ncurses/panels interface for its default front-end menus. Visually, the front ends are similar, although the ncurses interface is black and white, while the panels interface users color (see Figure 4.1). As we will see through this chapter, the value of color is immeasurable to Kismet's panels interface in terms of the amount and value of the information it provides. In addition, the ncurses interface is a single, non-interactive display; the various secondary and popup menus specified within this chapter do not work.