Which of the following allows a malicious attacker to view network traffic if the attacker is on the
same network segment as Joe, an administrator?

A.
DoS attack

B.
Man-in-the-middle attack

C.
Smurf attack

D.
Xmas attack

Explanation:

An attack where a user gets between the sender and receiver of information and sniffs any
information being sent. In some cases, users may be sending unencrypted data, which means
theman-in-the-middle(MITM) can obtain any unencrypted information. In other cases, a user may
be able to obtain information from the attack, but have to unencrypt the information before it can
be read.