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Packet sniffing is essentially eavesdropping on a network interface useally set to promiscuous mode.
 
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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Packet sniffing is also used in conjuction with [[ARP]] [[spoofing]] to perform [[MITM]] attacks.
 
   
 
   
 
See also [[tcpdump]], [[ethereal]] and [[dsniff]].
 
See also [[tcpdump]], [[ethereal]] and [[dsniff]].
  
 
[[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
 
[[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]

Revision as of 14:22, 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.

See also tcpdump, ethereal and dsniff.

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