Mitm, arp poison routing, network sniffing using cain and able

12Apr07

Firstly let me get a few things straight:

1. This is not about “what is arp and mitm?” there are already enough articles about that in BotHack. This is merely how to do it using cain and able so before reading this article go and read some of the others so that your not just a script kiddy.

2. I’m gong to assume that you can’t run .exe files on what ever account you are using and therefore I will tell you how to get around this.

3. I do not take any responsibility for any of the information in this document or the uses it is put to.

Ok now that we have that sorted out…

What you will need:

• A laptop.
• Cain and able. Download it from, www.oxid.it/index.html
• A network to sniff.

Now onto how to do this:

1) Download and install cain and able.

2) Set your laptop up and steal an ethernet connection from a nearby computer on the network. Plug the Ethernet cable in. You are now connected. With no restrictions on what you can run.

3) Start cain and able.

4) Now click on the sniffer tab. Now notice the two symbols – the one that looks the same as the one on the sniffer tab and the one that looks like a nuclear sign.

5) Mouse over them and they will tell you that one starts the sniffer and the other starts arp poisoning.

6) Now click on configure -> click on the arp tab and make sure that you are using your real ip and mac address, if you don’t you wont get any hosts or be able to arp poision.
7) Now start the sniffer and press the blue plus sign. This will let you scan for hosts in your subnet.

8) Now go back to configure and select use a spoofed ip and mac address. Now type an ip from your sub net but the last bit must be numbers that are unused so the network doesn’t get confused.

9) Select all the hosts you find and right click and go resolve host name. Now try to find the router, it will usually stand out easily. The router probably wont have a name as well as being a different brand from everything else and have a really low or really high ip address so you should spot it easily.

10) Now click on the arp tab at the bottom of the sniffer window. Click on the top table part and click the blue plus sign again. This brings up a window that allows you to select the ip addresses that you want to arp poison the first one you select should be the router and in the second box select any computers you want to listen to.

11) Click ok. Click the start arp button. You are now listening between the router and as many computers as you selected.

12) Watch as the routed packets role in. Select the password tab at the bottom of the screen and watch the passwords appear.

13) Any password hashes can be sent to the cracker and broken form there but that isn’t going to be covered in this article. I am sure you can work that out or may be I shall post it later.

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