Arpwatch
arpwatch is a computer software tool for monitoring Address Resolution Protocol traffic on a computer network. It generates a log of observed pairing of IP addresses with MAC addresses along with a timestamp when the pairing appeared on the network.
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- Firewall
Tags
- web-security
- Security Auditing
- ddos
- solaris
- dos
- computer-security
- Sniffer
- intrusion-detection
- Encryption
- trojan
- Authentication
- Internet Security
- cryptography
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What is Arpwatch?
arpwatch is a computer software tool for monitoring Address Resolution Protocol traffic on a computer network. It generates a log of observed pairing of IP addresses with MAC addresses along with a timestamp when the pairing appeared on the network. It also has the option of sending an email to an administrator when a pairing changes or is added.Network administrators monitor ARP activity to detect ARP spoofing.arpwatch was developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Network Research Group, as open-source software and is released under the BSD license.
Comments and Reviews
NOTICE the last update of ARPwatch was the version 2.1a15 in July 28, 2006 but still considered and use by BSD family like pfSense and OPNsense and also as a solution by lynis as a good ARP monitoring tools