====== Daemon Sniffer ======
[{{ daemon_sniffer.png|Daemon Sniffer program icon}}]

**Daemon Sniffer** is a [[utility|utility program]] which reveals the [[:daemon]] on a [[:mainframe device]]. It costs 0\ [[:PWR]] to use, and has a cooldown of 3 turns. Daemon Sniffer can be bought from some [[:mainframe devices:Server Terminals]] for 350 [[:credits]].

While [[:daemons:Mask]] is active, Daemon Sniffer can also be used on devices which do not have daemons installed, in which case it reveals that the device has no daemon. 

===== Strategy =====

Revealing daemons on devices is a very useful ability --- every daemon is less dangerous if you can plan for it in advance. Nonetheless, Daemon Sniffer is not a good program, because there are better alternatives. In every facility where there are daemons pre-installed on mainframe devices, there is also a [[:mainframe devices:Daemon Database]] which can be hacked to reveal every daemon --- hacking the Daemon Database is better than using Daemon Sniffer simply because Daemon Sniffer takes up a program slot.

Of course, you can't necessarily find the Daemon Database early, and the Daemon Database may have a daemon itself when you find it. However, with good [[:strategy:exploration]], the Daemon Database covers //most// of the same use-cases as Daemon Sniffer. If you want a dedicated program to deal with the critical devices you need to hack before finding the Daemon Database, or the case where it has a daemon itself, you would be better served by [[Hunter]] or [[Taurus]] which can remove daemons from those critical devices, where Daemon Sniffer merely identifies them.