[Bluez-users] Bluetooth in promiscuous mode and passively collecting traffic?

[Bluez-users] Bluetooth in promiscuous mode and passively collecting traffic?

[blue ranger]

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I am wondering if there has been any development in using current Bluetooth chips in a promiscuous mode, being able to passively listen to any traffic around?  From the research I've done, I know that a year ago this was not really possible unless you bought a protocol analyzer that is very expensive.  I am working on a Bluetooth project at school and am trying to find a way to collect Bluetooth traffic that is not necessarily directed at my Bluetooth chip.  Thanks for any help you can give.  
 
- Ken

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Re: [Bluez-users] Bluetooth in promiscuous mode and passively collecting traffic?

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Ken,

> I am wondering if there has been any development in using current
> Bluetooth chips in a promiscuous mode, being able to passively listen
> to any traffic around?  From the research I've done, I know that a
> year ago this was not really possible unless you bought a protocol
> analyzer that is very expensive.  I am working on a Bluetooth project
> at school and am trying to find a way to collect Bluetooth traffic
> that is not necessarily directed at my Bluetooth chip.  Thanks for any
> help you can give.  

you can only sniff the HCI traffic between the BlueZ stack and your
Bluetooth device.

Regards

Marcel




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