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Re: to dsniff or not to dsniff

Subject: Re: to dsniff or not to dsniff
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:06:48 +0200
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 10:40:59AM -0400, killy wrote:

As Gary stated you could hardcode the MAC to each port on the switch
or simply limit the number of MACs on any given port.

This does not protect against ARP poisoning which is one of the most
effective attack method against switched networks.

Or, hehe static arp tables on every pc. ;-)  just kidding. lol.

This one would protect against it ;-)

Anyway, the attack is easy to spot with arpwatch daemon for example.

Martin Mačok
ICT Security Consultant

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