Chapter 5: Man in the Middle Attacks
In the previous chapter, we learned about network scanning. Network scanning is a part of information gathering that allows users to find hosts in a local network. In this chapter, we will learn how to utilize this information to attacks victims on the local network. We will cover the following topics in this chapter:
- Why do we need ARP?
- Building an ARP spoof program
- Monitoring traffic
- Encrypted traffic
- Restoring ARP tables manually
- Decrypting the network traffic
Why do we need ARP?
In the previous chapters, we mentioned what an address resolution protocol is. In this chapter, we will look at it in more depth. In the local network, communication takes place between devices using MAC addresses instead of ...
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