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(S//SI) DRAGONVIEW: Tool for Wireless Data Analysis
FROM: the Target Knowledge Branch (S32233)
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Run Date: 09/09/2004
(S//SI) The worldwide wireless LAN market is rapidly expanding. The exploding popularity of
wireless communications has resulted in a high volume of packet data that often seems
impossible to process. DRAGONVIEW was developed to meet this challenge, and gives analysts a
powerful new way to look at their targets and process packet data more quickly.
(S//SI) DRAGONVIEW is a visualization tool developed within Tailored Access Operations'
(TAOs') Hardware Bridging Office (HBO). DRAGONVIEW is currently used to analyze wireless
network data collected from several SIGINT collection systems targeted at the various flavors of
802.11 traffic. The tool will currently display data to show both logical and physical aspects of
the data collected during surveys.
(S//SI) DRAGONVIEW can process SIGINT data collected from systems BEECOASTAL, OMINA,
VINEYARD, FLOODSCOPE, and MOONSHINE.
(S//SI) DRAGONVIEW is a stand-alone application used to process survey collection data. In
addition to supporting the formats from the SIGINT collectors listed above, DRAGONVIEW can
also process tcpdump and files generated by COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) products such as
AiroPeek. DRAGONVIEW also has its own native format called DRAGONVIEW File Format (DFF).
(S//SI) DRAGONVIEW uses RENOIR and GraphViz to display logical network diagrams. If GPS
coordinate data is recorded by the collection system, OpenMap is used to display the survey
device's drive path.
(C) Watch our DRAGONVIEW video by clicking the following link:
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IMPORTANT : Use Netscape Navigator to view the video (some versions of Internet Explorer do
not render the video properly), and ensure your speakers are turned on and the volume is
turned up.
(C) For more information on DRAGONVIEW, go to the DRAGONVIEW web page ("go
dragonview") or contact
,
. Feedback is welcome and can be
sent to dragonview@nsa or DL dragonview.
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