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MACOF(8) System Manager's Manual MACOF(8)

NAME

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@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@monkey.org>