What is ettercap? Ettercap is a utility for analyzing network traffic passing through a computer interface, but with additional functionality. The program allows you to perform attacks like “Man in the middle” to force another computer to transfer packets not to the router, but to you.

With Ettercap, you can check the security of your network, how susceptible it is to this type of attack, and also analyze traffic from several computers, and even modify it on the fly. In this article, we will look at how to use Ettercap to analyze and modify traffic.