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Re: Cain & Able man in the middle attack
From: Dotzero <dotzero () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:23:52 -0500
On 12/11/07, James Bensley <jwbensley () gmail com> wrote:
I too have performed MITM attacks on my network with Cain & Able. Also having grabbed a few HTTP and FTP passwords seeing that it was successful I now need to secure my self against these attacks but how can I do this? Would static MAC mappings in my hosts files do the trick? Thanks for your time Bensley.
The first step is to use port lockdown on your switches. I've had mixed success in locking down the host side of things depending on the platform. You can always run something like arpwatch to at least monitor the network and log for MAC address changes. My next question would be, what http and ftp passwords are crossing your network? If they aren't important, get rid of them. If they are important than use SSL for web and use SCP or SFTP for your file transfers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is sponsored by: Cenzic Need to secure your web apps NOW? Cenzic finds more, "real" vulnerabilities fast. Click to try it, buy it or download a solution FREE today! http://www.cenzic.com/downloads ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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