Friday 22 April 2011

Network Sniffers - 1

From todays onwards, we will learn about Network Sniffers. Sniffers can be of great help to a network administrator as well and can aid in securing the network by detecting abnormal traffic.

In next few days, we will discuss:

  • An overview of sniffers (sometimes known as network protocol analyzers)

  • A cracker's perspective in using tools such as sniffers

  • Basic distinctions between active and passive sniffing

  • Understanding attack methodology such as ARP Spoofing and redirection,

  • DNS and IP Sniffing and Spoofing

  • HTTPs Sniffing and

  • Illustrations of various tools that are used in the above context.

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