Linux

cdp by using tcpdump

If you do not have a cdp command available on your linux server, then tcpdump can be used instead. $ sudo tcpdump -nn -v -s 1500 -c 1 ‘ether[20:2] == 0x2000’ -i eth0 tcpdump: listening on bond1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 1500 bytes 08:53:01.946674 CDPv2, ttl: 180s, checksum: 692 (unverified), length 254 Device-ID (0x01), […]

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Linux

Listen to network traffic using tcpdump

Please note that you have to be the root user to use this command because it puts the network card in promiscuous mode. # tcpdump -i eth0 -A -s 0 udp port 1514 and host 192.168.0.1 The example above command listens on port 1514 which is the port ossec-hids uses on its secure communication between […]

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