Re: Using ARP to map a network

From: Osvaldo J. Filho (osvaldojaneri@uol.com.br)
Date: 02/05/03

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    From: "Osvaldo J. Filho" <osvaldojaneri@uol.com.br>
To: <jlewis@packetnexus.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 20:53:12 -0300

    Hello Jason,

    You can use arpwatch ( ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/arpwatch.tar.gz) to monitor your
    network for ARP changes. It will build a database named arp.dat with all IPs
    and their MAC Address. You can use arping too, to check if the mac address
    are still on, for example. 

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Osvaldo J. Filho - Security Analyst
Unix, Network Devices and viruses specialist.
ActiveSec Information Security - http://www.activesec.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Lewis" <jlewis@packetnexus.com>
To: <pen-test@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 8:36 PM
Subject: Using ARP to map a network
> I have searched and can't seem to find any tools to help map a network
> based on ARP tables.
>
> It seems to me, I could take ARP tables from several machines and build a
> network map.  If machines were behind a router the ARP tables would show
> multiple IP's with the same MAC.  With enough ARP tables, wouldn't I be
> able to build a map?
>
> Is my theory flawed?
>
> My goal is to do passive network mapping based on any local information I
> can obtain from computers or network devices.  Anyone have any ideas?
>
> jas
>
>
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