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by tptacek 126 days ago
DNS poisoning is a MITM vector; in fact, it's the most popular MITM vector.
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webstrand 126 days ago
Really? I thought MitM was always intercepting/manipulating traffic from or to the victim.
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vishnugupta 126 days ago
What you wrote is the definition of MITM.

Op and others are saying DNS poisoning is a popular way of achieving that goal.

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webstrand 126 days ago
Oh you mean that it's a popular way of initiating the interception part of MitM, got it.
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