9.4.5 - Poisoning DNS

Flashcards covering vocabulary related to DNS spoofing, Ettercap, and related concepts discussed in the lecture.

DNS Spoofing

An attack where a rogue device manipulates the DNS to redirect DNS traffic.

DNS Cache Poisoning

Another name for DNS spoofing, indicating manipulation of DNS cache.

Ettercap

A network sniffing and man-in-the-middle attack tool used for DNS spoofing.

Kali Linux

A Debian-based Linux distribution used for penetration testing and security auditing.

UID

The User ID, which should be set to zero in the Ettercap config file for the demo.

GID

The Group ID, which should also be set to zero in the Ettercap config file.

ARP Poisoning

An attack technique for intercepting network traffic to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

Apache Web Service

A widely used web server software that needs to be started to serve spoofed pages.

HTML File Modification

The process of editing an index.html file to display custom messages to redirected users.

Locate Command

A command used in Unix-like systems to find files by name.