How to get WiFi encryption mode on iOS/iPhone/iPad?

Question

How to get Wi-Fi encryption mode in iOS without private libraries?

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Answer 1

The code from the answer above has been posted originally on this website: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/621213/Non-Standard-Way-to-Get-Inaccessible-Data-from-iOS

By the way, for this code to work you need to include the appropriate header files with #include <mach/mach.h> so that your compiler recognizes NDR_record_t ndr.

However, this whole setup did not actually return me the encryption mode of the current WiFi, but rather the configuration of AirPort (the variable key in the code from above needs to be set to NSString *key = @"Setup:/Network/Interface/en0/AirPort"; before). I tried different values instead of AirPort which I got from running $scutil in the Terminal of my Mac (such as Setup:/Network/Interface/en0/IPv4 or Setup:/Network/Interface/en0/Modem or from this website)

Hope that helps someone having similar issues...

Grooms

what else I need to include apart from mach.h as I am getting **implicit declaration of function 'bootstrap_look_up2' is invalid in C99 ** – Labradorite

Answer 2

For iOS 5:

    aslmsg asl, message;
    aslresponse searchResult;
    int i;
    const char *key, *val;
    NSMutableArray *result_dicts = [NSMutableArray array];

    asl = asl_new(ASL_TYPE_QUERY);
    if (!asl)
    {
        DDLogCError(@"Failed creating ASL query");
    }
    asl_set_query(asl, "Sender", "kernel", ASL_QUERY_OP_EQUAL);
    asl_set_query(asl, "Message", "AppleBCMWLAN Joined BSS:", ASL_QUERY_OP_PREFIX|ASL_QUERY_OP_EQUAL);
    searchResult = asl_search(NULL, asl);
    while (NULL != (message = aslresponse_next(searchResult)))
    {
        NSMutableDictionary *tmpDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];

        for (i = 0; (NULL != (key = asl_key(message, i))); i++)
        {
            NSString *keyString = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char *)key];

            val = asl_get(message, key);

            NSString *string = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:val];
            [tmpDict setObject:string forKey:keyString];
        }
        [result_dicts addObject:tmpDict];
    }
    aslresponse_free(searchResult);
    asl_free(asl);

For iOS 6:

#define kMachPortConfigd "com.apple.SystemConfiguration.configd"

-(NSDictionary *)getSCdata:(NSString *)key
{

if(SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(@"6.0"))
{
    // It does not work on iOS 5.*
    return nil;
}

struct send_body {mach_msg_header_t header; int count; UInt8 *addr; CFIndex size0; int flags; NDR_record_t ndr; CFIndex size; int retB; int rcB; int f24; int f28;};

mach_port_t bootstrapport = MACH_PORT_NULL;
mach_port_t configport = MACH_PORT_NULL;
mach_msg_header_t *msg;
mach_msg_return_t msg_return;
struct send_body send_msg;
// Make request
CFDataRef  extRepr;
extRepr = CFStringCreateExternalRepresentation(NULL, (__bridge CFStringRef)(key), kCFStringEncodingUTF8, 0);

// Connect to Mach MIG port of configd
task_get_bootstrap_port(mach_task_self(), &bootstrapport);
bootstrap_look_up2(bootstrapport, kMachPortConfigd, &configport, 0, 8LL);
// Make request

send_msg.count = 1;
send_msg.addr = (UInt8*)CFDataGetBytePtr(extRepr);
send_msg.size0 = CFDataGetLength(extRepr);
send_msg.size = CFDataGetLength(extRepr);
send_msg.flags = 0x1000100u;
send_msg.ndr = NDR_record;

// Make message header

msg = &(send_msg.header);
msg->msgh_bits = 0x80001513u;
msg->msgh_remote_port = configport;
msg->msgh_local_port = mig_get_reply_port();
msg->msgh_id = 20010;
// Request server
msg_return = mach_msg(msg, 3, 0x34u, 0x44u, msg->msgh_local_port, 0, 0);
if(msg_return)
{
    if (msg_return - 0x10000002u >= 2 && msg_return != 0x10000010 )
    {
        mig_dealloc_reply_port(msg->msgh_local_port);
    }
    else
    {
        mig_put_reply_port(msg->msgh_local_port);
    }
}
else if ( msg->msgh_id != 71 && msg->msgh_id == 20110 && msg->msgh_bits <= -1 )
{
    if ((send_msg.flags & 0xFF000000) == 0x1000000)
    {
        CFDataRef deserializedData = CFDataCreateWithBytesNoCopy(kCFAllocatorDefault, send_msg.addr,send_msg.size0, kCFAllocatorNull);
        CFPropertyListRef proplist = CFPropertyListCreateWithData(kCFAllocatorDefault, deserializedData, kCFPropertyListImmutable, NULL, NULL);
        mig_dealloc_reply_port(msg->msgh_local_port);
        mach_port_deallocate(mach_task_self(), bootstrapport);
        mach_port_deallocate(mach_task_self(), configport);
        mach_msg_destroy(msg);
        NSDictionary *property_list = (__bridge NSDictionary*)proplist;
        if(proplist)
            CFRelease(proplist);
        CFRelease(deserializedData);
        CFRelease(extRepr);
        return property_list;
    }
}
mig_dealloc_reply_port(msg->msgh_local_port);
mach_port_deallocate(mach_task_self(), bootstrapport);
mach_port_deallocate(mach_task_self(), configport);
mach_msg_destroy(msg);
CFRelease(extRepr);
return nil;
}

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Does anyone know if this code will pass Apples' reviewing process? – Punnet

Does there any way to get this information for OS X – Muriel

@Unprofessional @chris\ conway I am getting: implicit declaration of bootstrap_look_up2 not allowed in C99... what is the fix for it? – Labradorite