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Sync + WIFICANARY: attribute synced detections to their node - #1858
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Fixes found running WIFICANARY on a WiFi satellite node that pushes its
detections to a hub with no WiFi of its own.
Synced plugin objects were stored with syncHubNodeName = "decoded"
instead of the node's name. plugin.py took filename.split(".")[2], but by
the time the hub processes the file decode_and_rename_files() has renamed
it to last_result.<PREFIX>.decoded.<NodeName>.<N>.log, so index 2 is the
literal marker. The parsing now lives in
utils.plugin_utils.get_sync_hub_node_name(), next to the function that
produces these names; it keeps node names that contain dots and returns
"" for local result files.
WIFICANARY's absent_baseline_clone was evaluated per trusted_aps entry,
so with a main AP + range extender pair, a weak clone seen while only the
main AP was in range also raised absent_baseline_clone through the
extender's entry, on top of the correct evil_twin. The baseline now
counts as present if any trusted radio for that SSID is visible;
single-entry behaviour is unchanged.
Leaving WIFICANARY_IFACE blank is how such a hub ingests the node's
detections (core processes the synced files after the plugin runs), but
it logged an unconditional "not set - nothing to scan" every cycle. It is
now a verbose "hub-only mode" message, and the node + hub setup is
documented in the setting description and the plugin README.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| if len(filename.split(".")) > 3: | ||
| tmp_SyncHubNodeName = filename.split(".")[2] | ||
| # e.g. Node_1 from last_result.<prefix>.decoded.Node_1.1.log | ||
| tmp_SyncHubNodeName = get_sync_hub_node_name(filename) |
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Add a docstring to execute_plugin.
execute_plugin is a touched Python function, but its first statement is sql = db.sql. The preceding comment is not a docstring.
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execute_plugin's leading description comment becomes a docstring, as it was touched by this PR; the two new check_trusted_aps tests get docstrings instead of leading comments. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PzCQWQVz9b2UzqLiGp2mPM
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📌 Description
Fixes found running
WIFICANARYon a WiFi satellite node (a Pi Zero W) that pushes its detections to a hub with no WiFi of its own, via the Sync Hub plugin.syncHubNodeName = "decoded"instead of the node's name.plugin.pyusedfilename.split(".")[2], but by the time the hub processes a received filedecode_and_rename_files()has renamed it tolast_result.<PREFIX>.decoded.<NodeName>.<N>.log, so index 2 is the literal marker. With more than one node, the hub couldn't tell which node a synced plugin object (e.g. a rogue-AP detection) came from. The parsing now lives inutils.plugin_utils.get_sync_hub_node_name(), next to the function that produces these names; it keeps node names containing dots and returns""for local result files.absent_baseline_clonewith an AP + range extender pair. The baseline check was evaluated pertrusted_apsentry, so a weak clone seen while only the main AP was in range also raisedabsent_baseline_clonethrough the out-of-range extender's entry, on top of the correctevil_twin. The baseline now counts as present if any trusted radio for that SSID is visible; single-entry behaviour is unchanged.WIFICANARY_IFACEblank is how a WiFi-less hub ingests a node's detections (core processes the synced files after the plugin runs), but it logged an unconditional "not set - nothing to scan" every cycle. It is now a verbose "hub-only mode" message, and the node + hub setup is documented in the setting description and the plugin README.🔍 Related Issues
Follow-up to #1809 (WIFICANARY plugin) / #1789.
📋 Type of Change
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Hub-side plugin objects from a live test (open hotspot cloning the protected SSID next to the satellite), before this fix - MACs/SSID replaced with placeholders:
syncHubNodeNameshould be the node's name, and the second row is the redundantabsent_baseline_clone(44:55:66:aa:bb:ccis the out-of-range extender; the main AP was up).🧪 Testing Steps
test/server/test_sync_hub_node_name.py(7 cases: decoded/encoded names, dotted node names, local result files) + the existingtest/plugins/test_sync_protocol.py(72) - 79 passed, run against a full NetAlertX Python runtime.test/plugins/test_wificanary.py: 3 new tests (out-of-range extender → onlyevil_twin; every trusted radio absent →absent_baseline_clone; hub-only mode still writes the result file) - 55 passed.test/plugins/test_plugin_conventions.py- 432 passed.test_wificanary.pyleft untouched).✅ Checklist
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