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Mitigating ARP poisons

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	If you're sure what the MAC address is of your gateway and it won't change perhaps set it as a permanent ARP (yes on most OS's you can do that).		If you're sure what the MAC address is of your gateway and it won't change perhaps set it as a permanent ARP (yes on most OS's you can do that).

			Secure the switch or wifi.

	== False Positives ==		== False Positives ==

	There is legitimate "gratuous ARP" messages that cause these ARP info overwritten messages. Protocols associated with [[CARP]] or high available linux firewalls may cause messages like that. Know your network, and don't be afraid to ask around before getting worried.		There is legitimate "gratuous ARP" messages that cause these ARP info overwritten messages. Protocols associated with [[CARP]] or high available linux firewalls may cause messages like that. Know your network, and don't be afraid to ask around before getting worried.

Pbug at 20:27, 7 August 2013

2013-08-07T20:27:04Z

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	If you're sure what the MAC address is of your gateway and it won't change perhaps set it as a permanent ARP (yes on most OS's you can do that).		If you're sure what the MAC address is of your gateway and it won't change perhaps set it as a permanent ARP (yes on most OS's you can do that).


			== False Positives ==

			There is legitimate "gratuous ARP" messages that cause these ARP info overwritten messages. Protocols associated with [[CARP]] or high available linux firewalls may cause messages like that. Know your network, and don't be afraid to ask around before getting worried.

Pbug at 20:24, 7 August 2013

2013-08-07T20:24:28Z

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	[[ARP]] poisoning is manipulating a computer's ARP cache in such a way that traffic from that host is redirected to another host.		[[ARP]] poisoning is manipulating a computer's ARP cache in such a way that traffic from that host is redirected to another host.


			== Common Exchange ==

	A common exchange goes like this:		A common exchange goes like this:
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	If now computer3 which is malicous also answers to that ARP request the computer may recognize this as an IP conflict, but doesn't have to.		If now computer3 which is malicous also answers to that ARP request the computer may recognize this as an IP conflict, but doesn't have to.


			== A practice run ==

	Here is a program that writes arp answers to a host, it will write it twice with a different MAC address every time.		Here is a program that writes arp answers to a host, it will write it twice with a different MAC address every time.
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	I hope that helps understanding this. (BTW the cb program is not publically available and only a select number of people have it).		I hope that helps understanding this. (BTW the cb program is not publically available and only a select number of people have it).

			== Mitigating ARP poisons ==

			If you're sure what the MAC address is of your gateway and it won't change perhaps set it as a permanent ARP (yes on most OS's you can do that).

Pbug at 20:22, 7 August 2013

2013-08-07T20:22:21Z

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	ARP poisoning is manipulating a computer's ARP cache in such a way that traffic from that host is redirected to another host.		[[ARP]] poisoning is manipulating a computer's ARP cache in such a way that traffic from that host is redirected to another host.

	A common exchange goes like this:		A common exchange goes like this:

Pbug: arp poison

2013-08-07T20:03:53Z

arp poison

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	If now computer3 which is malicous also answers to that ARP request the computer may recognize this as an IP conflict, but doesn't have to.		If now computer3 which is malicous also answers to that ARP request the computer may recognize this as an IP conflict, but doesn't have to.

			Here is a program that writes arp answers to a host, it will write it twice with a different MAC address every time.

			# ./cb -a is-at -s00:11:22:33:44:55,192.168.34.99 -d192.168.34.1 -v -l re0
			--> interface_gateway: looking up gateway mac for 192.168.34.1
			--> interface_gateway: resolved to mac address 0.90.b.19.56.6
			--> arp reply to 00:90:0b:19:56:06 (192.168.34.1) "192.168.34.99 is-at 00:11:22:33:44:55"
			1 packet written at 60 bytes totalling 60 bytes
			# ./cb -a is-at -s00:11:22:33:44:56,192.168.34.99 -d192.168.34.1 -v -l re0
			--> interface_gateway: looking up gateway mac for 192.168.34.1
			--> interface_gateway: resolved to mac address 0.90.b.19.56.6
			--> arp reply to 00:90:0b:19:56:06 (192.168.34.1) "192.168.34.99 is-at 00:11:22:33:44:56"
			1 packet written at 60 bytes totalling 60 bytes

			Notice the MAC address of 00:11:22:33:44:55 is changed to 00:11:22:33:44:56.

			At the destination computer (with IP 192.168.34.1) we can inspect the arp cache with the arp -na command:

			first arp reply:
			? (192.168.34.99) at 00:11:22:33:44:55 on em2
			second arp reply:
			? (192.168.34.99) at 00:11:22:33:44:56 on em2

			The 192.168.34.99 is now said to be ARP poisoned and all traffic would go to the MAC address 00:11:22:33:44:56 instead of 00:11:22:33:44:55. Some operating systems warn of this like here on [[OpenBSD]]:

			arp info overwritten for 192.168.34.99 by 00:11:22:33:44:56 on em2

			I hope that helps understanding this. (BTW the cb program is not publically available and only a select number of people have it).

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ARP poisoning is manipulating a computer's ARP cache in such a way that traffic from that host is redirected to another host.

A common exchange goes like this:

computer1 broadcasts who has 1.2.3.4 tell my MAC address
computer2 with 1.2.3.4 IP answers and tells computer1's
MAC address the MAC address of it.

If now computer3 which is malicous also answers to that ARP request the computer may recognize this as an IP conflict, but doesn't have to.