Sniffing in a Switched Network
Here is a nice presentation on sniffing packets in a switched network using ARP cache poisoning. There is a recipe too to hack a switch using Ettercap and Ethereal.
With regards to using FTP and Telnet and prove that our windows admins are idiots because they have used our windows id/passwd for insecure services like POP, web proxy etc.. So our windows passwords are all floating around on the network as easy to read as can be.
Ettercap has always been a personal favorite to some; dsniff too (wish it was still being developed). It truely is scary what’s floating about unprotected out there. I’ve never tried, but I’d be curious what ettercap connected directly to a cable modem could pick up.
Windows users can stick with CAIN&Abel just as easily though, little nicer interface infact, but ya don’t need it.. :p






