🌀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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