LAN Switch Security What Hackers Know About Your Switches
LAN and Ethernet switches are usually considered as plumbing. They are easy to install and configure,
but it is easy to forget about security when things appear to be simple.
Multiple vulnerabilities exist in Ethernet switches. Attack tools to exploit them started to appear a couple
of years ago (for example, the well-known dsniff package). By using those attack tools, a hacker can
defeat the security myth of a switch, which incorrectly states that sniffing and packet interception are
impossible with a switch. Indeed, with dsniff, cain, and other user-friendly tools on a Microsoft Windows
or Linux system, a hacker can easily divert any traffic to...