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KArp - Linux Kernel ARP Hijacking Patch
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SUMMARY
DETAILS
KArp is a linux patch that allows one to implement ARP hijacking in the
kernel, but control it easily via userland. You may configure, enable and
disable KArp via ProcFS or the sysctl mechanism.
KArp is implemented almost on the device driver level. Any ethernet driver
(including 802.11 drivers) is supported. The KArp code is lower than the
actual ARP code in the network stack, and thus will respond to ARP
requests faster than a normal machine running a normal network stack, even
if the machine we're spoofing has a CPU twice as fast as ours!
Currently, linux-2.6.16-rc6 is supported, but KArp is easy to port to
other releases.
This code was written to help facilitate a MiM project.
WARNING
KArp was written to beat the race in responding to an ARP Request from a
target (victim) machine. It is not meant as an tool to flood a victim with
ARP information.
This means that some operating systems (MacOSX) that ingest unsolicited
ARP responses may still obtain the actual MAC address of the machine we're
impersonating. Linux, however, only accepts the fastest response. If you
want to flood a machine with fake ARP responses, use a userland tool.
However, there may be a delay mechanism implemented later that allows us
to lose the race for lazy operating systems, forcing them to ingest our
address.
To download the patch:
<http://aversion.net/~north/karp/patch-2.6.16-rc6-karp>
http://aversion.net/~north/karp/patch-2.6.16-rc6-karp
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The information has been provided by <mailto:don.bailey@gmail.com> Don
Bailey.
To keep updated with the tool visit the project's homepage at:
<http://aversion.net/~north/karp/> http://aversion.net/~north/karp/
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