Since I am using a switch, how should I arp poison. What would be my target 1 and target 2 in ettercap?

First I looked up what my default gateway was with the route command. I set it to target 1...

Ok now I understand. The way that you think about securing your linux boxes is new to me. As you may have guessed I am not a pro on security. But you inspired me to secure my backtrack. What kind of...

What if some attacker don't see that you run an anti-virus software in the open ports. How can he manage to exploit my box then? Will the software firewall or antivirus notice or block any attack or...

Allright! I did it to test if it worked. The various infos I got I just ignored because it isn't my business. But I was just curious to try.

But the main thing that I want to do is to sniff my...

I don't know if I am explaining it wrong. What do you mean by that it is a serious matter? With outside my LAN I mean I can sniff computers on the subnet and getting info of what data is transmitted....

Sorry for not being more precise. I totally agree that I should have provided more info... I know what TCP and UDP is. I know some java and C++. Networking isn't my best side. I want to get better at...

Hello everyone. I have encountered a problem with using ettercap on my other computer when I use ettercap. First it works but then it crashes the network so I must phone the isp. I am without...

I have stopped using windows because many viruses affect Windows systems but there are also viruses for linux but I have never experienced any so far. I think! :rolleyes:

But that is not the main...

After you have typed that password it should ask if you want a view-only password. Type y or n.

After that it will say the following if it works. I hope this helps. ;)



New 'X' desktop is...

I also want to thank you for making this distribution for linux. This is a "must have" for a pentester I think!

Hello everybody.

I have encountered a problem with compiling some exploits from milw0rm written in c. The problem is that I can't compile c-files with windows.h, winsocket2.h and winsocket.h...

Hello everybody!
I really enjoy backtrack. this is my first post. :P I have been reading a lot about this and I thank everybody that have made this dist possible, I also thank all the programmers...