2009-05-RC1 (aka Newcore) released!
dr

(Update: 2009-05-RC2 fixes a bug launching kismet_server, get that)

Kismet-Newcore has taken over as the main Kismet release after 5+ years
of development and is now available as <a href="https://www.kismetwireless.net/code/svn/trunk/">trunk on svn</a>
and as <a href="https://www.kismetwireless.net/download.shtml">Kismet-2009-05-RC1 (release candidate 1)</a>.
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<b>What's new</b>:<br>
* New UI - Totally rewritten widget and layout-engine based UI with graphs, menus, variable-layouts, and an expandable design.<br>
* New server code - Also totally rewritten, including new methods for tracking SSIDs to networks, improved and expanded logging, and simpler configuration<br>
* Dynamic sources - Add and remove sources on the fly<br>
* Auto-detection of source types and channels - Nearly all sources work out of the box with simply the interface (-c wlan0)<br>
* Out-of-the-box support for Linux, OSX (using Airport cards), Windows (using CACE Airpcap cards), BSD (drivers permitting)<br>
* Plugin architecture - Client and server plugins expand logging, alerts, protocol support, display options, etc<br>
* Virtual network interface export - Tun/Tap on Linux allows for live packet exporting to any other pcap tool<br>
* Plugin support for DECT phones, Spectools spectrum analyzers, and WEP cracking via Aircrack-PTW

<br><div align="center"><img src="/screenshot/kis-new-channelpower.jpg"
width="300" height="200"> <img src="/screenshot/kis-new-channel.jpg"
width="300" height="200"></div><br><br>

<b>What's next</b>: Assuming no major problems are reported by anyone during
testing, touchups and improvements will go into 2009-xx-R1 as a full release
(probably 2009-06-R1 considering the timing) and then continued development
of new features and fleshing out missing features will continue on future
releases.