[PLUG] Sniffing networking traffic

[Fedor Pikus]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:23:28 -0700, Michael Rasmussen <mikeraz at patch.com> wrote:
> Vincent Yau wrote:
> > It is my understanding that by putting the linux on a hub, and turning
> > its eth0 to promiscuous, I should be able to detect
> > all traffic going through on the same hub.
> > Am I missing a step?
> 
> Are you sure it is a hub and not a switch?  It's getting hard to find hubs
> these days.
Ettercap will sniff on switched networks too (using ARP poisoning).

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