21 Nov
2005
21 Nov
'05
10:47 a.m.
* steve@telecomplete.co.uk (Stephen J. Wilcox) [Mon 21 Nov 2005, 16:07 CET]:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
Why would you even need to set up an AP? Why not just sit and sniff traffic? Gets you the _exact_ same information. man in the middle is easier if you are the gateway, no need to steal arp
It's *wireless*! You can just sit and sniff traffic, no need to play ARP games to redirect traffic to you.
*Active* attacks are facilitated by rogue APs and arp spoofing. Mat.