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Network Sniffing

Network Sniffing: A passive technique that monitors network communication, decodes protocols, and examines headers and payloads for information of interest.

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A passive technique that monitors network communication, decodes protocols, and examines headers and payloads for information of interest. It is both a review technique and a target identification and analysis technique. (SP 800-115) (NISTIR)

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