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Which of the following best describes an ARP attack?

Which of the following best describes an ARP attack?

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A.
Proper IP to MAC address translation is not allowed, which causes masquerading.

B.
Two IP address and two MAC addresses are used.

C.
A RARP service is poisoned via DNS resource records.

D.
An ARP table is completely deleted.

Explanation:
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) finds MAC (Media Access Control)
addresses for IP addresses. It broadcasts a request and only the system with the IP
address within the broadcast domain responds. ARP takes the MAC address from this
response and places it in its ARP table. An attacker can manipulate this ARP table
so that traffic with the correct IP address goes to an incorrect MAC address. The
traffic goes to the attacker’s MAC address instead of the intended receiver.

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