IF you think you know what you are doing
==> you are wrong.
it is a simple as that.
Dont do this.
On 6/17/05, ronnie sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> start doing arp spoofing and kill ettercap or hunt with a -9 and
> watch the end-to-end outage that occurs and will last until the arp
> entry timeout (10-15 minutes).
>
> very very ugly.
>
> dont dont dont ever do this unless you know what you are doing.
> never ever ever ever do this in a business critical network, ever.
>
>
> On 6/17/05, Manu Garg <manugarg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I don't believe that. Arp poisoning is not ugly. You can call MAC
> > flooding as ugly, but not ARP poisoning for sure.
> >
> > ARP poisoning does nothing to the switch. Switches work at level 2 and
> > are only concerned about MAC addresses. They don't come to know that
> > MAC address of a certain IP address has changed.
> >
> > ARP poisoning can confuse only the involved hosts. If gateway is one
> > of those hosts and someone attempting to ARP poison is a kid, then
> > certainly there can be some problems.
> >
> > hth
> > ~manu
> >
> > On 6/16/05, Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Manu Garg wrote:
> > >
> > > >Many of us know that sniffing is possible in a shared i.e.
> > > >non-switched ethernet environment. But only few of us know that
> > > >sniffing is also possible in a switched ethernet environment. One of
> > > >the reasons is that it's not that straighforward. But it's not
> > > >impossible or difficult. You can use man in the middle technique like
> > > >ARP spoofing to sniff in a switched environment.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >This presentation is an attempt to explain how can somebody sniff in a
> > > >switched ethernet using ARP spoofing. Dsniff has existed for long as a
> > > >tool for various sniffing activities. But recently, tools like
> > > >EttercapNG have made it easier.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Link to my original post and presentation -
> > > >http://manugarg.freezope.org/2005/06/sniffing-in-switched-network-many-of.html
> > > >
> > > >Presentation-
> > > >http://manugarg.freezope.org/notes/arp_spoofing
> > > >
> > > >Please let me know your views on it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Yes it is possible, but it is really ugly for it's various side effects.
> > >
> > > Have a look at the information on this topic so far at:
> > > http://wiki.ethereal.com/CaptureSetup_2fEthernet
> > >
> > > As the wiki page says:
> > >
> > > *Please do not try this on any LAN other than your own.*
> > >
> > > Regards, ULFL
> > >
> >
> >
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> > Manu Garg
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> > "Truth will set you free!"
> >
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