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The IT director has requested that you verify that traffic to a new server from her machine goes only where it is supposed to and can't be redirected to another IP address. You decide to attempt to manipulate traffic on the network to see if things are really secure.

You have pulled up Ettercap and plan on using one of the plug-ins for testing.

Which of the displayed plug-ins should you use?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use Ettercap's dns_spoof plugin.

Why: dns_spoof lets you forge DNS responses so a hostname used by the director's machine resolves to an IP you choose — exactly the kind of redirection you want to test.

Quick usage notes:
- Edit the Ettercap DNS hosts file (often /usr/share/ettercap/etter.dns or /etc/ettercap/etter.dns) and add an entry mapping the server hostname to the test IP.
- Example line: server.example.com A 10.0.0.123
- Run Ettercap in MITM (ARP poisoning) mode and enable the plugin:
- Example: sudo ettercap -T -q -i <iface> -M arp:remote /<target_IP>/ /<gateway_IP>/ -P dns_spoof
- Verify on the director's machine that the hostname now resolves to your test IP and that traffic is redirected.

Only perform this with explicit authorization — DNS/ARP spoofing disrupts traffic and can capture sensitive data.