What is network sniffing ?

🌀Computers communicate by broadcasting messages on a network using IP addresses. Once a message has been sent on a network, the recipient computer with the matching IP address responds with its MAC address.

🌀Network sniffing is the process of intercepting data packets sent over a network.This can be done by the specialized software program or hardware equipment. Sniffing can be used to ;

▫️Capture sensitive data such as login credentials

▫️Eavesdrop on chat messages

▫️Capture files have been transmitted over a network

🌀The following are protocols that are vulnerable to sniffing

• Telnet

• Rlogin

• HTTP

• SMTP

• NNTP

• POP

• FTP

• IMAP

The above protocols are vulnerable if login details are sent in plain text

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