Man in the Middle Attack

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Man in the Middle Attacks (sometimes MITM) are attacks where the attacker intercepts communication between two parties, forwarding the communication as if the attacker were not present. The name is derived from the popular game Man in the Middle. It is also referred to as a fire-brigade or bucket brigade attack based on the method for putting out a fire. Lastly it is referred to as a Janus attack in reference to the roman two-headed god of gates.

Contents 1 Example Attacks 2 See Also 3 External Links 4 References

Example Attacks

Many different attack types exist

See Also

Information Security Topics:
- Mitnick Attack
- IP Spoofing
- Piggybacking
- Phishing
- Operating Systems Security
- Information security awareness
- Network stack (dode) - attack patterns on each layer & how to defend it

External Links

• CWE-300: Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint (aka 'Man-in-the-Middle')

References

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--Heifetj 03:17, 6 April 2009 (EDT)