Re: hijacking TCP connections on FreeBSD

[Andreas Krennmair <a.krennmair () aon at>]

* jmiller <secadmin () subversive cc> [02-07-10 23:01]:
> a man in the middle is not neccessary, you sniff the packets, spoof your ip
> and or mac, then dos the other box you are spoofing. there is a *nix tool
> that will do an arp flood, turning all switches into a hub, so you do not

It's a myth that "all switches" are vulnerable by such simple arp
flooding. "Good" switches shut down the port where arp flooding comes
from. Not even my el cheapo "Elsa" switch at home is vulnerable, I tried
it out, I wanted to present this attack to friends of mine.

ak
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