[ale] Protocol Analyzer

[ozone at webgroup.org (David Tomaschik)]

Terry Bailey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It looks like Ethereal will analyze packets relative to the computer 
> on which it is running, but on no other computer.  Does software 
> exist that will analyze all computers on a private local area network?
>
> Thanks
>
> Terry Bailey
>
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Most likely, you're on a switched network and ethereal (now wireshark)
cannot see those packets.  You'd need to be on the router or on a
monitor port (managed switches only) or perform an ARP MITM attack (arp
spoofing).  Ettercap can do the latter.

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