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Homework 4: Man-on-the-Side Attacks

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Re: Homework 4: Man-on-the-Side Attacks

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-on-the-side_attack

Comparison of MitM and MotS Observe Inject Delete Modify Man-in-the-middle X X X X Man-on-the-side X X Packet Sniffing X I wonder if the other combinations have names too.

one wonders what the difference between "delete" and "modify" is...

Re: Homework 4: Man-on-the-Side Attacks

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post #5

I was at first excited about an undergraduate program that would have homeworks like this, then I saw the PhD tag. Something like scapy is perfect for this, I'm not sure about the speed though.

The hints at the bottom recommend using scapy (along with a few other libraries).

Re: Homework 4: Man-on-the-Side Attacks

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Comparison of MitM and MotS Observe Inject Delete Modify Man-in-the-middle X X X X Man-on-the-side X X Packet Sniffing X I wonder if the other combinations have names too.

one wonders what the difference between "delete" and "modify" is...

modify = delete + inject?
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