It will list the available hosts in the LAN as follows: Once it is completed, click “Hosts->Host List”. It will start to scan the hosts present in the network. The next step is to add the target list for performing the ARP poisoning. Once you have chosen the interface the following window will open: Choose the one which you want to use for ARP Poisoning. It will list the available network interface as shown below. # ettercap -GĬlick “Sniff->Unified Sniffing”. Launch Ettercap using the following command in the 122 machine. Using Ettercap in a production environment is not advisable. All the attacks explained here will be performed on the following network diagram only. The following diagram explains the network architecture. So please have a look into it, and this article will cover how to perform it practically. We have already explained about why we need ARP and the conceptual explanation of ARP cache poisoning in ARP-Cache-Poisoning.
In this article, we will mainly focus on the “Graphical GTK User Interface”, since it will be very easy to learn. Ettercap has the following 4 types of user interface First let’s learn some basics about Ettercap.
