What is ARP Cache Poisoning?
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) spoofing, also known as ARP flooding, ARP poisoning or ARP Poison Routing (APR), is a technique used to attack an Ethernet wired or wireless network. ARP Spoofing may allow an attacker to sniff data frames on a local area network (LAN), modify the traffic, or stop the traffic altogether. The attack can only be used on networks that actually make use of ARP and not another method of address resolution. The principle of ARP spoofing is to send fake, or “spoofed”, ARP messages to an Ethernet LAN. Generally, the aim is to associate the attacker’s MAC address with the IP address of another node (such as the default gateway).
