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Re[2]: cain & abel full routing


From: Alex <quick.touch () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:33:08 +0300

no, it works between hosts too... i used two test hosts, i was the man
in the middle, and quickly tested with a ping between test hosts,and i
was receiving packets from them. did't try anything else, but it sure
works.


Hello Travis,

Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 10:55:57 PM, you wrote:


WT> If I remember correctly I think you can only use cain between server and
WT> client. I also think, by using the gateway it could cause problems with
WT> normal packet delivery by the gateway.


WT> -----Original Message-----
WT> From: Alex [mailto:quick.touch () gmail com] 
WT> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:55 PM
WT> To: Pen-Tests
WT> Subject: cain & abel full routing

WT> why when i use cain&abel and try to perform a man-in-the-middle-attack
WT> between the gateway and a test host, i only get half-routing and i only
WT> see what the test host transmits to the gateway, but not what the
WT> gateway transmits to the test host? 

WT> IP are allocated after MAC addresses, so the server knows exactly what
WT> mac address is allocated to the ip that i'm using as a test host.
WT> i thought that a possibility to get what the gateway sends to the test
WT> host is to change my mac (i used smac) into the mac of the test host,
WT> but it didn't work as a full routing (i'm not sure but i think i was
WT> able to see what the gateway sent to the test host, but not what the
WT> test host sent to the gateway). 
WT> is there any way of performing a full man-in-the-middle attack in this
WT> scenario?

WT> i saw this example http://shsc.info/ARPPoisoning and he achieved there a
WT> full routing between a host on the network and one that's over
WT> Internet.. (or i might be wrong, because lower in the WAN View he is
WT> doing a half-routing with hosts that are over Internet) 




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