iOS Packet Sniffer for iPhone?

[Sean7512]

Hey everyone, I have a few questions...

I am almost positive that a wifi packet sniffer (like Wireshark) would not be approved by Apple; however, I am looking to develop one. I have a few questions regarding this...

1. With the frameworks/APIs (both public and private), is such a program even possible?
2. If it is possible, can I develop the app in X-Code on my mac, take that code and compile it to run on a jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch?

Please let me know if you guys believe this can be possible or if something similar already exists maybe...

Thanks a lot!

 

[caveman_uk]

For packet sniffers don't you have to put the wireless card into 'promiscuous mode'? I think that would be the major challenge - can you do that?

 

[Sean7512]

For packet sniffers don't you have to put the wireless card into 'promiscuous mode'? I think that would be the major challenge - can you do that?

That is part of my question...are the iPhone's wifi drivers capable of being put into promiscuous mode? Any ideas?

 

[caveman_uk]

You're better off asking that in one of the forums that 'jailbreak' developers hang out. You definitely can't do that with the published SDK - maybe it's possible using unpublished info.

 

[Sean7512]

You're better off asking that in one of the forums that 'jailbreak' developers hang out. You definitely can't do that with the published SDK - maybe it's possible using unpublished info.

thanks a lot! I will take a look into this possibility.

 

[bredell]

With the arrival of OS 3.0 you also have the possibility to have your application talk to some external hardware that does the actual sniffing.

A small box with a WiFi and wired ethernet interface that connects to the bottom of the phone would be really nice. That way you could create a serious network analysis tool.