macof (8) Linux Manual Page

macof – flood a switched LAN with random MAC addresses

Synopsis

macof [-i interface] [-s src] [-d dst] [-e tha] [-x sport] [-y dport] [-n times]

Description

macof floods the local network with random MAC addresses (causing some switches to fail open in repeating mode, facilitating sniffing). A straight C port of the original Perl Net::RawIP macof program by Ian Vitek <ian.vitek [at] infosec.se>.

Options

-i interface

Specify the interface to send on.

-s src

Specify source IP address.

-d dst

Specify destination IP address.

-e tha

Specify target hardware address.

-x sport

Specify TCP source port.

-y dport

Specify TCP destination port.

-n times

Specify the number of packets to send.

Values for any options left unspecified will be generated randomly.

See Also

dsniff(8)

Author

Dug Song <dugsong [at] monkey.org>