Sniffing is possible in a switched ethernet environment. You can use man in the middle techniques like ARP spoofing to sniff in a switched environment. This presentation is an attempt to explain how can somebody sniff in a switched ethernet using ARP spoofing. Dsniff has existed for long as a tool for various sniffing activities. But recently, tools like EttercapNG have made it easier.
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c/o Manu Garg on 27/06/05