Xms-1024p – Luxul XMS-1024P User Manual

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XMS-1024P

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LUX-UG-XMS-1024P Vers: 081314

Cheating Gateway

The attacker sends the wrong IP Address-to-MAC Address Mapping entries of Hosts to
the Gateway, which causes the Gateway to lose communication with the Hosts. The
ARP Attack Cheating Gateway is illustrated in the following fi gure:

Figure 12-10 ARP Attack – Cheating Gateway

As the above fi gure shows, when the Gateway tries to communicate with Host A in the
LAN, it will encapsulate the false destination MAC Address, which results in a break-
down of normal communication.

Cheating Terminal Hosts

The attacker sends the false IP Address-to-MAC Address mapping entries of Terminal
Host/Server to another terminal Host, which causes that the two terminal Hosts in
the same Network segment to lose communication with each other. The ARP Attack
Cheating Terminal Hosts is illustrated in the following fi gure:

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