Ettercap (software)
Ettercap
Ettercap is a free and open source network security tool for man-in-the-middle attacks on LAN.wikipedia
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Packet analyzer
packet snifferpacket sniffingsniffing
ARP spoofing
ARP poisoningARP Cache PoisoningARP Poison Routing
Ettercap works by putting the network interface into promiscuous mode and by ARP poisoning the target machines.
Free and open-source software
free and open-sourcefree and open source softwareFOSS
Ettercap is a free and open source network security tool for man-in-the-middle attacks on LAN.

Network security
securitynetworksecure
Ettercap is a free and open source network security tool for man-in-the-middle attacks on LAN.
Man-in-the-middle attack
man-in-the-middleman in the middle attackman in the middle
Ettercap is a free and open source network security tool for man-in-the-middle attacks on LAN.
Computer security
cybersecuritycyber securitysecurity
It can be used for computer network protocol analysis and security auditing.


Information technology security audit
security auditsecurity auditsauditing
It can be used for computer network protocol analysis and security auditing.
Unix-like
*nixUnixlike
It runs on various Unix-like operating systems including Linux, Mac OS X, BSD and Solaris, and on Microsoft Windows.
Linux
GNU/LinuxLinux on the desktopLin
It runs on various Unix-like operating systems including Linux, Mac OS X, BSD and Solaris, and on Microsoft Windows.









MacOS
Mac OS XOS XMac
It runs on various Unix-like operating systems including Linux, Mac OS X, BSD and Solaris, and on Microsoft Windows.








Berkeley Software Distribution
BSDBSD Unix*BSD
It runs on various Unix-like operating systems including Linux, Mac OS X, BSD and Solaris, and on Microsoft Windows.





Solaris (operating system)
SolarisSolaris 10Sun Solaris
It runs on various Unix-like operating systems including Linux, Mac OS X, BSD and Solaris, and on Microsoft Windows.





Microsoft Windows
WindowsPCMS Windows
It runs on various Unix-like operating systems including Linux, Mac OS X, BSD and Solaris, and on Microsoft Windows.



Hacking Team
DaVinci / Galileo RCSHackingTeam
Its original developers later founded Hacking Team.

Promiscuous mode
promiscuous
Ettercap works by putting the network interface into promiscuous mode and by ARP poisoning the target machines.
Communication protocol
protocolcommunications protocolprotocols
It can be used for computer network protocol analysis and security auditing.
MAC address
MACMAC addressesEUI-64

Address Resolution Protocol
ARPAddress translationAddress resolution