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rfdump

Tool to decode RFID tag data
RFDump is a tool to decode 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. 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.

Installed size: 251 KB
How to install: sudo apt install rfdump

Dependencies:
  • libc6
  • libexpat1
  • libglib2.0-0t64
  • libgtk-3-0t64
rfdump

Tool to detect RFID-Tags and show their meta information

root@kali:~# man rfdump
RFDUMP(1)                   General Commands Manual                   RFDUMP(1)

NAME
     rfdump -- Tool to detect RFID-Tags and show their meta information

SYNOPSIS
     rfdump [-p /dev/ttyS?]  [--setupreader]  [file.xml]

DESCRIPTION
     This manual page documents briefly the rfdump command.

     This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the orig-
     inal program does not have a manual page.

     rfdump  is a tool to detect RFID-Tags and show their meta information: Tag
     ID, Tag Type, manufacturer etc. The User-Data of a tag  can  be  displayed
     and modified using either a Hex or an ASCII editor. In addition, the inte-
     grated  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.

OPTIONS
     -h           --help
               Show summary of options.

     -p        specify port to use

     --setupreader
               setup the card reader

FILES
     ~/.config/rfdump.ini
               rfdump configuration file

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION
     Further documentation can be found under /usr/share/doc/rfdump.

AUTHOR
     This manual page was written by Meike Reichle <[email protected]> for
     the  Debian  system (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted to
     copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms  of  the  GNU
     General  Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free
     Software Foundation.

     On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can
     be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

                                                                      RFDUMP(1)



Updated on: 2026-May-25