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What would you call this attack?

Eric has discovered a fantastic package of tools named Dsniff on the Internet. He has learnt to use
these tools in his lab and is now ready for real world exploitation. He was able to effectively
intercept communications between the two entities and establish credentials with both sides of the
connections. The two remote ends of the communication never notice that Eric is relaying the
information between the two.
What would you call this attack?

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A.
Interceptor

B.
Man-in-the-middle

C.
ARP Proxy

D.
Poisoning Attack

Explanation:
A man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) is an attack in which an attacker is able to
read,insert and modify at will,messages between two parties without either party knowing that the
link between them has been compromised.

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