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    Packet Sniffing

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    Packet sniffing involves the use of packet sniffer software and hardware to intercept and analyze data being transmitted over a network. The key components of a packet sniffer are hardware network adapters to plug into the network, a capture filter to select specific traffic for analysis, buffers to store intercepted data, and a real-time analyzer to examine traffic. Sniffers work by capturing packets on both shared and switched networks. Their use can be detected through ping, ARP, and DNS methods, and mitigated using authentication, switched infrastructure, antisniffer tools, and cryptography. Popular sniffing tools include Wireshark, Kismet, Tcpdump, Cain and Abel, and Ettercap.

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    Packet sniffing involves the use of packet sniffer software and hardware to intercept and analyze data being transmitted over a network. The key components of a packet sniffer are hardware network adapters to plug into the network, a capture filter to select specific traffic for analysis, buffers to store intercepted data, and a real-time analyzer to examine traffic. Sniffers work by capturing packets on both shared and switched networks. Their use can be detected through ping, ARP, and DNS methods, and mitigated using authentication, switched infrastructure, antisniffer tools, and cryptography. Popular sniffing tools include Wireshark, Kismet, Tcpdump, Cain and Abel, and Ettercap.

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    Packet sniffing involves the use of packet sniffer software and hardware to intercept and analyze data being transmitted over a network. The key components of a packet sniffer are hardware network adapters to plug into the network, a capture filter to select specific traffic for analysis, buffers to store intercepted data, and a real-time analyzer to examine traffic. Sniffers work by capturing packets on both shared and switched networks. Their use can be detected through ping, ARP, and DNS methods, and mitigated using authentication, switched infrastructure, antisniffer tools, and cryptography. Popular sniffing tools include Wireshark, Kismet, Tcpdump, Cain and Abel, and Ettercap.

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    Packet Sniffing

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    Mohan Kokkula
    Packet sniffing involves the use of packet sniffer software and hardware to intercept and analyze data being transmitted over a network. The key components of a packet sniffer are hardware network adapters to plug into the network, a capture filter to select specific traffic for analysis, buffers to store intercepted data, and a real-time analyzer to examine traffic. Sniffers work by capturing packets on both shared and switched networks. Their use can be detected through ping, ARP, and DNS methods, and mitigated using authentication, switched infrastructure, antisniffer tools, and cryptography. Popular sniffing tools include Wireshark, Kismet, Tcpdump, Cain and Abel, and Ettercap.

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    Packet sniffers are used to capture and analyze network traffic. They work by plugging into computer networks and eavesdropping on network traffic.

    The main components of a packet sniffer are hardware, capture filter, buffers, real-time analyzer, and decoder.

    Sniffers work differently depending on the network type - shared Ethernet or switched Ethernet.

    Packet Sniffing

    - By Aarti Dhone

    Introduction
    Packet Sniffer Definition:
    A packet sniffer is a wire-tap device that plugs into computer networks and eavesdrops on the network traffic.

    What are the components of a packet sniffer?


    1. Hardware : standard network adapters . 2. Capture Filter : This is the most important part . It captures the network traffic from the wire, filters it for the particular traffic you want, then stores the data in a buffer. 3. Buffers : used to store the frames captured by the Capture Filter .

    What are the components of a packet sniffer?


    4. Real-time analyzer: a module in the packet sniffer program used for traffic analysis and to shift the traffic for intrusion detection.
    5. Decoder : "Protocol Analysis" .

    How does a Sniffer Work?


    Sniffers also work differently depending on the type of network they are in. 1. Shared Ethernet 2. Switched Ethernet

    How can I detect a packet sniffer?


    Ping method ARP method DNS method

    Packet Sniffer Mitigation


    Host A Router A Router B Host B

    The following techniques and tools can be used to mitigate sniffers: AuthenticationUsing strong authentication, such as one-time passwords, is a first option for defense against packet sniffers. Switched infrastructureDeploy a switched infrastructure to counter the use of packet sniffers in your environment. Antisniffer toolsUse these tools to employ software and hardware designed to detect the use of sniffers on a network. CryptographyThe most effective method for countering packet sniffers does not prevent or detect packet sniffers, but rather renders them irrelevant.

    Top 11 Packet Sniffers


    Wireshark Kismet Tcpdump Cain and Abel Ettercap Dsniff NetStumbler Ntop Ngrep EtherApe KisMAC

    Working of Cain & Abel

    What are sniffers used for?


    Detection of clear-text passwords and usernames from the network. Conversion of data to human readable format so that people can read the traffic. Performance analysis to discover network bottlenecks. Network intrusion detection in order to discover hackers.

    References
    http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/hackertools/a/aa1 21403.htm http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Packet-Sniffing:Sniffing-Tools-Detection-Prevention-Methods/ http://sectools.org/sniffers.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cain_and_Abel_(softw are) http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/chin mayzen-79529-packet-sniffers-education-pptpowerpoint/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O00LENbtiIw

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