While the iPod Touch/iPhone Dev Team are kept busy working on Jailbreaking and unlocking whichever firmware version Apple are choosing to release, that leaves other hack-happy individuals thinking of all the useful things they can do with their newly-liberated devices.  Over at Hack In The Box they’re looking at the iPod Touch’s potential as a network management tool; well, actually they’re setting the PMP up as the perfect, discrete hacking platform, but we’ll err on the side of legal caution and consider the whole thing a legitimate WiFi analysis device.

 iPod Touch network tool

 iPod Touch network tool

Their tutorial walks through the steps required to load the most useful software, such as packet sniffing and the like, starting from a freshly Jailbroken Touch and giving suggestions for further development along the way; when you’re done, you’ll have a PMP that doubles up as a handy admin toolkit.