MIFARE Classic Tool vs Network Survey+
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
MIFARE Classic Tool
This is a low-level tool for reading, writing and analyzing MIFARE Classic RFID tags. It is designed for users who have at least basic familiarity with the MIFARE Classic technology. It provides several features to interact with (and only with) MIFARE Classic RFID-Tags. Read MIFARE Classic tags Save, edit and share the tag data you read Write to MIFARE Classic tags (block-wise) Clone MIFARE Classic tags (Write dump of a tag to another tag; write 'dump-wise') Key management based on dictionary-attack (Write the keys you know in a file (dictionary). MCT will try to authenticate with these keys against all sectorsand read as much as possible.) Format a tag back to the factory/delivery state Write the manufacturer block of special MIFARE Classic tags Use external NFC readers like ACR 122U Create, edit, save and share key files (dictionaries) Decode & Encode MIFARE Classic Value Blocks Decode & Encode MIFARE Classic Access Conditions Display generic tag information Display the tag data as highlighted hex Display the tag data as 7-Bit US-ASCII Display the MIFARE Classic Access Conditions as a table Display MIFARE Classic Value Blocks as integer Calcualate the BCC Quick UID clone feature Import/export/convert files In-App (offline) help and information It's open source ;) More information can be found at the README. It should work on most NFC-enabled devices but there are exceptions. Have a look at the list of devices which are known to be incompatible to MIFARE Classic. MIFARE® is a registered trademark of NXP Semiconductors.
Network Survey+
FOR ROOTED ANDROID PHONES WITH CERTAIN QUALCOMM CHIPS ONLY.So far, the only device that this app has been tested against is a Pixel 3a. Other devices will be added at a later date.The Network Survey+ app is the "advanced" version of the regular Network Survey app. NS+ accesses the Qualcomm diag device to get QCDM messages. The QCDM messages are then processed and logged to a pcap file. Currently, only LTE RRC OTA messages are processed and logged. In addition, each pcap record is geotagged with the device's current location.The pcap files can be opened and viewed in Wireshark.This app also supports streaming the LTE OTA messages over an MQTT connection. See https://messaging.networksurvey.app/#operation-publish-lte_ota_message for details.Note that this app only works on rooted Android phones, and requires a cellular qualcomm chip that exposes the /dev/diag device and supports QCDM messages. See https://github.com/christianrowlands/android-network-survey-rooted for a list of compatible devices.See https://mosquitto.org for information on setting up a MQTT Broker.
| Feature | MIFARE Classic Tool | Network Survey+ |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | Apache-2.0 |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid |
| Categories | Dev ToolsMessaging | Dev ToolsMessaging |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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