WHAD Client – Wireless Protocol Exploration Framework

WHAD Client is a Linux command-line framework for exploring wireless protocols through hardware that implements the Wireless Hacking Devices protocol. It combines a Python development library with focused utilities for capture, analysis, replay and controlled traffic generation. Interactive shells are also available for several protocol-specific activities and supported devices.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Provides a Python client implementation of the Wireless Hacking Devices protocol.
• Detects compatible hardware and reports the wireless capabilities exposed by each connected device.
• Supports work with Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee, IEEE 802.15.4, Enhanced ShockBurst and Logitech Unifying traffic.
• Captures supported wireless packets and writes them to standard packet-capture formats.
• Includes wsniff for inspecting wireless traffic using protocol-aware decoding.
• Uses winject to generate or transmit controlled test traffic through compatible hardware.
• Provides wplay for replaying previously captured wireless traffic.
• Includes wanalyze for extracting useful information from recorded communications.
• Offers filtering, extraction and dump utilities for constructing composable command-line workflows.
• Can send captured traffic to Wireshark for more detailed graphical protocol analysis.
• Provides wserver for making a compatible wireless device available through a server connection.
• Includes interactive Bluetooth Low Energy central, peripheral, proxy and connection utilities.
• Can discover Bluetooth GATT profiles, services and characteristics exposed by nearby test devices.
• Recognises standard Bluetooth services such as Battery, Heart Rate and Device Information.
• Provides utilities for experimenting with supported Logitech Unifying mice and keyboards.
• Works with compatible adapters such as Ubertooth, RFStorm, RZUSBStick, Yard Stick One and ButteRFly.
• Integrates with Scapy to provide protocol layers, packet construction and programmable analysis.
• Supports custom connectors that developers can use when writing their own wireless tools.
• Allows commands to be chained through standard input and output where the selected operation permits it.
• Integrates with the CLUES database to improve identification of supported wireless behaviour and devices.
• Can be installed as the whad Python package and used either as a library or a collection of commands.
• Is intended for protocol research, development and security work performed with proper authorisation.

Website: github.com/whad-team/whad-client
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Developer: WHAD Team
License: MIT License

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