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conducting-man-in-the-middle-attack-simulation

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'Simulates man-in-the-middle attacks using Ettercap, mitmproxy, and Bettercap

When to use

• Testing whether applications properly validate TLS certificates and enforce encrypted communications
• Demonstrating the risk of cleartext protocols (HTTP, FTP, Telnet, SMTP) to organization stakeholders
• Validating that HSTS, certificate pinning, and other anti-MITM controls are correctly implemented
• Assessing network detection capabilities for ARP spoofing, DHCP spoofing, and DNS spoofing attacks
• Training incident response teams to identify and respond to MITM attack indicators

When not to use

• Production networks without explicit written authorization
• Systems you do not own or have permission to test
• Intercepting communications of uninvolved third parties

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