From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Bluetooth in promiscuous mode and passively collecting traffic? From: Marcel Holtmann To: blue ranger Cc: BlueZ Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20040320211932.69476.qmail@web60105.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040320211932.69476.qmail@web60105.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1079818858.31859.42.camel@pegasus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: bluez-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:40:58 +0100 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 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users