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Python Penetration Testing Essentials - Second Edition
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Python Penetration Testing Essentials - Second Edition

by Mohit Raj
May 2018
Beginner
230 pages
4h 49m
English
Packt Publishing
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Fake ARP reply

In this section, we will learn how to send a fake ARP reply. The fake ARP reply program is made for the fake ping reply because when the attacker sends the ping request to a particular IP, the attacker machine first sends an ARP request for the MAC address. 

When an attacker is on the subnet of the honeypot or outside the subnet, a fake reply will be sent by the honeypot. Let's see the topology diagram:

 

I have used three machines: Debian running honeypot codes, RHEL, as a gateway, and Kali Linux, as the attacker machine. 

Let's see the fake reply code. The code name is arp_reply.py:

  • The following modules will be used in the ...
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