Sniffing attack

1. What is meant by sniffing attack?
2. What are the types of sniffing attacks?
3. Is sniffing active attack?
4. What is spoofing and sniffing?

What is meant by sniffing attack?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sniffing attack or a sniffer attack, in context of network security, corresponds to theft or interception of data by capturing the network traffic using a packet sniffer (an application aimed at capturing network packets).

What are the types of sniffing attacks?

There are two types of sniffing - active and passive.

• Active sniffing involves injecting address resolution protocols (ARPs) into a network to flood the switch content address memory (CAM) table. ...
• Active sniffing techniques include spoofing attacks, DHCP attacks, and DNS poisoning among others.

Is sniffing active attack?

In active sniffing, the traffic is not only locked and monitored, but it may also be altered in some way as determined by the attack. Active sniffing is used to sniff a switch-based network.

What is spoofing and sniffing?

Sniffing is the process in which all the data packets passing in the network are monitored. ... Sniffers can be hardware or software installed on the system. Spoofing is the process in which an intruder introduces fake traffic and pretends to be someone else (legal source or the legitimate entity).