RFDump V1.4

Features
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FDump is a tool to detect RFID-Tags and show their meta information: Tag ID,
Tag Type, manufacturer etc. The user data memory of a tag can be displayed and
modified using either a Hex or an ASCII editor. Tag contents can be stored
and loaded using a specific XML fomrat. This effectively allows to copy data
from one tag to another. In addition, the integrated cookie feature demonstrates
how easy it is for a company to abuse RFID technology to spy on their customers.
RFDump works with the ACG Multi-Tag Reader or similar card reader hardware.

Requirements
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You need a GCC Version 3.x, expat, gtk+ 2.4 and libglade 2.4.
Later versions of the libs may work too.

Installation
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RFDump communicates with the RFID Reader in ASCII mode through a serial port
(9600 baud, 8N1). The software has been tested with the ACG Multi-Tag Reader
but should work with similar hardware as well. Before starting RFDump
connect your reader hardware to the machine running RFDump (either directly
through a serial port or via a PCMCIA card adapter).

Install the software by extracting the installation file rfdump-1.4.tar.gz

$ gunzip rfdump-1.4.tar.gz

$ tar -xvf rfdump-1.4.tar

Change into the install directory and start the build process:

$ cd rfdump-1.4

$ ./configure

$ make

$ make install

Now you are ready to start RFDump:

$ ./rfdump

then set your serial port in the preferences.


User Guide (Gtk Version)
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After starting RFDump you will see the main screen. Scanning for tags will
start automatically. After starting it is recommended to wait a few seconds
before putting the first tag under the reader so the hardware can be
initialized.

When a tag is placed under the reader its type and ID will be displayed.
Immediately after RFDump will start scanning the tag's memory (address 0x00-0xFF)
and display it in Hex- and ASCII-representation in a table view. Each table cell
represents a memory page. Reading the entire memory may take some time. Usually
a flashing light at the reader will indicate a reading operation in progress.
The reading process can be aborted by removing the tag from underneath the
reader at any time. Once the entire memory is read RFDump will continue to
scan for new tags but not re-read the current tag.

A memory page that has been read may be selected and modified. RFDump makes sure
that pages have the correct length (8 or 16 bytes respectively, depending on
the tag type) by padding zeros or truncating extra digits. When deselecting a
modified table cell RFDump tries to write the modified page immediately to the
tag. Note, that it is possible to edit the ASCII as well as the Hex data.
The corresponding fields are updated automatically.

Note: Some tags have less than 0xFF pages, others map the same memory area to
higher address spaces several times.

Checking the "Activate" check box enables the cookie feature. This feature
will place a configurable cookie ID (default "DEADFACE") into the third last
memory page and initialize a counter in the following memory page. After
setting the cookie for the first time the counter will automatically be
incremented by one each time the tag is scanned.
