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==What it is==
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Packet sniffing is essentially eavesdropping on a network interface usually set to promiscuous mode.
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Packet sniffing is also used in conjuction with [[ARP]] [[spoofing]] to perform [[MITM]] attacks.
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See also [[tcpdump]], [[ethereal]] and [[dsniff]].
  
Packet sniffing is essentially eavesdropping on a network interface.
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[[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
 
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==tcpdump==
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The granddaddy of all packet sniffers, [[tcpdump]] will be found on just about any unix system you're likely to encounter. The output is terse and hard to understand if you don't know what you're looking at or for; for this reason many folks prefer friendlier front-ends to tcp, such as ethereal.
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Latest revision as of 16:16, 15 June 2006

Packet sniffing is essentially eavesdropping on a network interface usually set to promiscuous mode. Packet sniffing is also used in conjuction with ARP spoofing to perform MITM attacks.

See also tcpdump, ethereal and dsniff.

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