Today i will be talking about network sniffing. so how hard do you think stealing any data that are being transmitted via a wired or wireless network ?
well the answer is not that hard for the people who are already in the same network. we you see there is something called data sniffing, yup sniffing. data sniffing is the process of capturing the unencrypted that being sent and received in the network and any one with the right tools " which can be easily downloaded and installed" can sniff and capture the data in the network. Cain&Able is a famous program that free and can be insalled and used so easily and being used by a lot of people for data sniffling.
so if that that easy to do how can protect my data ?
This was a small blog about data sniffing and some basic tips on how to avoid being sniffed .
well the answer is not that hard for the people who are already in the same network. we you see there is something called data sniffing, yup sniffing. data sniffing is the process of capturing the unencrypted that being sent and received in the network and any one with the right tools " which can be easily downloaded and installed" can sniff and capture the data in the network. Cain&Able is a famous program that free and can be insalled and used so easily and being used by a lot of people for data sniffling.
so if that that easy to do how can protect my data ?
- never share or access sensitive on a public network unless its encrypted.
- secure your personal wireless network with a password to prevent unwanted user to use it.
- try using secured VPN whenever possible.
- enable your internet browser security setting to use SSL connecting to grantee the data encryption.
This was a small blog about data sniffing and some basic tips on how to avoid being sniffed .
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