Posted by Bowlby in InfoSec, InfoTechAug 21st, 2008 | No Comments
When considering the possiblity of packet sniffing, the ubiquitous use of Layer 2 switches is nothing more than a low hurdle. GUI based tools like Cain & Abel (Windows) as well as traditional tools like Dsniff and Ettercap make the threat of packet sniffing through ARP Poisoning very real. A simple solution is to create static ARP entries for the hosts you communicate with. Here’s how on linux
