Packet sniffing
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| − | Packet sniffing is essentially eavesdropping on a network interface. | + | Packet sniffing is essentially eavesdropping on a network interface useally set to promiscuous mode. |
| − | + | Packet sniffing is also used in conjuction with [[arp]] [[spoofing]] to perform MITM attacks. | |
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| + | See also [[tcpdump]] and [[ethereal]] [[dsniff]]. | ||
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Revision as of 13:00, 27 July 2005
Packet sniffing is essentially eavesdropping on a network interface useally set to promiscuous mode. Packet sniffing is also used in conjuction with arp spoofing to perform MITM attacks.
