Explain why sniffing and wiretapping are categorizes as passive threats
Explain why sniffing and wiretapping are categorizes as passive threats
PASSIVE ATTACK -
Passive attack is kind of unusual attacks are a type of attack where, the attacker looks at the content of the messages or copies the content of the messages.
Passive Attack is harmful to Privacy. As a result of the attack, there is no damage to the system. Most importantly In the case of the attack, Victim received no information about the attack
SNIFFING AND WIRETAPPING ARE CATEGORIZES AS PASSIVE THREATS --
There are two different types of sniffing:
Active and Passive.
Mainly the active sniffing involves launching an Address Resolution Protocol spoofing or traffic-flooding attack against a switch in order to capture traffic.
Passive sniffing-
It mainly involves listening and capturing traffic but not interacting with it. As the names indicate -- active sniffing is detectable; passive sniffing isn’t. --A quick primer on the phrase shuck and jive. Erik Wemple at the Washington Post helpfully directs us to the etymological origins of the verb shuck:
Since 1819, it has meant to husk corn, and more broadly to engage in “the capers associated with husking frolics,” such as “fooling” and “deceiving.” And who were the ones originally carrying out antics while shucking corn? Those would be black slaves.
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