beacon_display.cpp

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#include <iostream>
#include <set>
#include <string>
#include <tins/tins.h>
 
using std::set;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::string;
using std::runtime_error;

using namespace Tins;
 
class BeaconSniffer {
public:
    void run(const string& iface);
private:
    typedef Dot11::address_type address_type;
    typedef set<address_type> ssids_type;
 
    bool callback(PDU& pdu);
     
    ssids_type ssids;
};
 
void BeaconSniffer::run(const std::string& iface) {
    SnifferConfiguration config;
    config.set_promisc_mode(true);
    config.set_filter("type mgt subtype beacon");
    config.set_rfmon(true);
    Sniffer sniffer(iface, config);
    sniffer.sniff_loop(make_sniffer_handler(this, &BeaconSniffer::callback));
}
 
bool BeaconSniffer::callback(PDU& pdu) {
    // Get the Dot11 layer
    const Dot11Beacon& beacon = pdu.rfind_pdu<Dot11Beacon>();
    // All beacons must have from_ds == to_ds == 0
    if (!beacon.from_ds() && !beacon.to_ds()) {
        // Get the AP address
        address_type addr = beacon.addr2();
        // Look it up in our set
        ssids_type::iterator it = ssids.find(addr);
        if (it == ssids.end()) {
            // First time we encounter this BSSID.
            try {
                /* If no ssid option is set, then Dot11::ssid will throw 
                 * a std::runtime_error.
                 */
                string ssid = beacon.ssid();
                // Save it so we don't show it again.
                ssids.insert(addr);
                // Display the tuple "address - ssid".
                cout << addr << " - " << ssid << endl;
            }
            catch (runtime_error&) {
                // No ssid, just ignore it.
            }
        }
    }
    return true;
}
 
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    if (argc != 2) {
        cout << "Usage: " <<* argv << " <interface>" << endl;
        return 1;
    }
    string interface = argv[1];
    BeaconSniffer sniffer;
    sniffer.run(interface);
}