sniffdet - Remote Sniffer Detection Tool/Library

News

2009-12-04: sniffdet moved to git

Sniffdet is not under active development anymore, but the latest development version has been moved from SVN to a git repository. Anyway, contributions are still very welcome. Check it out at sniffdet gitweb

2006-10-10: sniffdet now on SVN

After a long time offline, the repository is back: you can access the current development version at http://svn.ademar.org/sniffdet/trunk. Moved to git, check the sniffdet gitweb interface.

2003-07-04: sniffdet-0.9 released!

This is our latest release of sniffdet, sniffdet-0.9 [gpg sig], was released!

Major changes:

Library:
  • Fixed test cancelation using the callback;
  • Fixed 'timeout' and 'tries' default values in icmp, dns and arp tests;
  • sndet_random() is now more robust;
  • Fixed issue #645769 (arp test validity could be checked).
Application:
  • Changes in snprintf() calls to avoid format string bugs;
  • Fixed segfault when using a targets file;
  • Minor bugfixes and general enhancements.

Don't forget to report, fix and browse our bugs, see our changelog and our TODO.

You can download all releases from the SourceForge Interface.

2003-01-13: Sniffdet-0.8 released!

Our second public release of sniffdet, sniffdet-0.8 [gpg sig], was released!

Major changes:

Library:
  • Better error treatment and helpfull messages
Application:
  • Fixed a serious bug that was avoiding the passing of arguments present in the config file - #645773 (cmdline args and conf_file options mixed);
  • Fixed bug #662856 (Segmentation fault with CIDR notation addresses), reported by Janis Putrams;
  • Config file new entry to allow plugins customization
  • Minor bugfixes and little enhancements

Don't forget to report, fix and browse our bugs, see our changelog and our TODO.

You can download all releases from the SourceForge Interface.

2002-12-05: Sniffdet-0.7 released!

The first public release of sniffdet, sniffdet-0.7 [gpg sig], was released!

Feature highlights:

Library:
  • ICMP test
  • ARP test
  • DNS test
  • LATENCY test
  • Helper functions (ping, init, finish)
Application:
  • Configuration file support
  • Target file support
  • Output plugin support
  • Drop root after initialization

2002-10-26: Sniffdet 0.7pre2 is on CVS

We are almost there... Our first public release will be sniffdet-0.7. We have tagged the CVS as sndet-0_7pre2. Instructions about how to access it are available in the donwload page.

2002-10-30: Sniffdet home page launched

Yes, it's here. We plan to complete the page with the launch of the first sniffdet public release, scheduled to December, 5 (2002). Until there, contributions are welcome.

2002-10-30: CVS is open

You can download the latest source code (intended for developers only), by accessing the CVS repository. You can use the above command to do accomplish that:

$ cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@abrigo.dyndns.org:/sniffdet co [module]

The available modules are:

  • docs
  • sndet
  • web