
Redirect host traffic to the monitoring machine.ĭoes not stress the host system like a mac flood but should still be used with caution and only if other alternatives like network taps are unavailable. ***only user with extreme caution and explicit prior consent*** Therefore, in order to keep the network alive, the **switch will send out packets to all ports** of the switch. Once the CAM table is filled, the **switch no longer accepts new MAC addresses**. Intended to **stress the switch and fill the CAM**(Content Addressable Memory) table. e.g Throwing Star LAN tapĬommonly used by red teams as a way to actively sniff packets.

The tap will **replicate packets as they pass the tap**. An **inline network** tap planted **between** or inline **two network devices**. Using **hardware** to tap the wire and **intercept traffic as it comes across** e.g vampire tapĢ. This is a **physical implant** in which you **physically tap between a cable** - commonly used by Red teams, Threat hunting and DFIR teams to sniff and capture packets.ġ. Ensure enough disk space to store all the captured packets. Ensure you have enough compute power to handle the number of packets based on the size of the network.ģ. Begin by starting with a sample capture to ensure everything is successfully set up and you are successfully capturing trafficĢ. Wireshark also color codes packets in order of danger level as well as protocol to enable the quick id of anomalies and protocols in captures.ġ. Wireshark gives us important info about each packet including:

It might be futile to try to capture on an interface with a flat line as there is probably no data being passed on it. The graphs next to the interface names show the activity on the interface. You can download and install wireshark from ()ĭocumentation on wireshark can be found () # tags: `detect` `cybersecurity` `wireshark`
