topic Re: spoofing vs poisoning in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/spoofing-vs-poisoning/m-p/1731585#M557807 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Vamsi,</P><P></P><P>ARP poisoning is an attack that is accomplished using the technique of ARP spoofing.</P><P></P><P>ARP spoofing is a technique that allows an attacker to craft a "fake" ARP packet that looks like it came from a different source, or has a fake MAC address in it.</P><P></P><P>An attacker uses the process of ARP spoofing to "poison" a victim's ARP table, so that it contains incorrect or altered IP-to-MAC address mappings for various attacks, such as a man-in-the-middle attack.</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P></P><P>-Mike</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:26:58 GMT mirober2 2011-04-15T17:26:58Z spoofing vs poisoning https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/spoofing-vs-poisoning/m-p/1731584#M557804 <P>"hello</P><P>Is there any difference between arp poisoning and spoofing"</P><P></P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Vamsi Pinnaka</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:21:29 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/spoofing-vs-poisoning/m-p/1731584#M557804 Vamsi Pinnaka 2019-03-11T20:21:29Z Re: spoofing vs poisoning https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/spoofing-vs-poisoning/m-p/1731585#M557807 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Vamsi,</P><P></P><P>ARP poisoning is an attack that is accomplished using the technique of ARP spoofing.</P><P></P><P>ARP spoofing is a technique that allows an attacker to craft a "fake" ARP packet that looks like it came from a different source, or has a fake MAC address in it.</P><P></P><P>An attacker uses the process of ARP spoofing to "poison" a victim's ARP table, so that it contains incorrect or altered IP-to-MAC address mappings for various attacks, such as a man-in-the-middle attack.</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P></P><P>-Mike</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:26:58 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/spoofing-vs-poisoning/m-p/1731585#M557807 mirober2 2011-04-15T17:26:58Z Re: spoofing vs poisoning https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/spoofing-vs-poisoning/m-p/1731586#M557808 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you mike. </P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P></P><P>Vamsi</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:31:14 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/spoofing-vs-poisoning/m-p/1731586#M557808 Vamsi Pinnaka 2011-04-16T06:31:14Z