From: Maxwell Lol on
The Natural Philosopher <tnp(a)invalid.invalid> writes:

> Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher a écrit :
>>> Sam wrote:
>>>> Run tcpdump on another machine on the same network. Pretend that
>>>> you're somebody else. Keep watching while your password is
>>>> captured, in the clear, by tcpdump.
>>> Assuming you are not using a switched cabled network of course.
>>
>> Snooping traffic on a switched network can be quite easy.
> How?

ettercap and arp spoofing.

i.e. Convince the switch that YOUR machine has the same MAC address as
the target.