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What are the two different categories or types of sniffing?
Shucking and Jiving
Filtered and Unfiltered
Active and Passive
Broadcast and Unicast
There are two different types of sniffing: Active and Passive. Active sniffing involves launching an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) spoofing or traffic-flooding attack against a switch in order to capture traffic. Passive sniffing involves listening and capturing traffic but not interacting with it. As the names indicate -- active sniffing is detectable; passive sniffing isn’t. --A quick primer on the phrase shuck and jive. Erik Wemple at the Washington Post helpfully directs us to the etymological origins of the verb shuck: Since 1819, it has meant to husk corn, and more broadly to engage in “the capers associated with husking frolics,” such as “fooling” and “deceiving.” And who were the ones originally carrying out antics while shucking corn? Those would be black slaves. According to the Dictionary of American Slang. Recommend removal of this option.
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