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Re: Firesheep/Cain& Able


From: "Webb, Justin" <justin.webb () MARQUETTE EDU>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:13:35 +0000

Hi Dan –

                I have run it here, ARP poisoning a subnet, and have been able to hijack other users sessions to 
Facebook and Twitter. It works as advertised, but you have to poison the subnet to see the traffic which Firesheep uses 
if you are on a switched network.

Sincerely,

Justin Webb
Security Analyst
IT Services, Marquette University
414-288-4196
justin.webb () marquette edu<mailto:justin.webb () marquette edu>

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Foerst, 
Daniel P.
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 1:09 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Firesheep/Cain& Able

Hey all,

Has anyone run Firesheep to see that it does what it claims? I have run it both on a Windows XP box (with WinPCAP) and 
OS X and in each case I have not gathered any data outside of sites that I have visited myself. Perhaps I am 
misunderstanding what this application does. I am connected to an open network, heck both laptops are on the same 
network, same ssid, same AP even.

Thanks!

-dan

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Isac 
Balder
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 12:39 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Firesheep/Cain& Able


If you like to fight fire with fire there is fireshepherd.

http://notendur.hi.is/~gas15/FireShepherd/





What should be routing best practices, disable arp poisoning.  (or at least detect and mitigate against)

On Cisco 'ip arp inspection vlan 1'

http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netsecur/article.php/3462211/Configure-Your-Catalyst-for-a-More-Secure-Layer-2.htm





Inform and educate users of sites that allow CSRF, XSS, etc.



I.B.

"top posting cause yahoo makes me..."

--- On Mon, 11/1/10, Hudson, Edward <ewhudson () CSUCHICO EDU<mailto:ewhudson () CSUCHICO EDU>> wrote:

From: Hudson, Edward <ewhudson () CSUCHICO EDU<mailto:ewhudson () CSUCHICO EDU>>
Subject: [SECURITY] Firesheep/Cain& Able
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
Date: Monday, November 1, 2010, 10:40 AM
In light of the recent attention to “Firesheep” I am wondering if anyone is having issues and how they are addressing?
When used in conjunction with “Cain&Able” it appears able to sniff both wired and wireless traffic for login 
credentials and execute ARP Poisoning.
TIA
EH

Ed Hudson, CISM
Information Security Office
California State University, Chico
www.csuchico.edu/ires/security<http://www.csuchico.edu/ires/security>
Office: (530) 898-6307
Cell: 707-799-3250
ewhudson () csuchico edu<mailto:ewhudson () csuchico edu>





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