Question

A sniffer, on the whole turns your system’s NIC to the licentious mode so that it can listen to all your data transmitted on its division.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me during an interview.

Question is from Attack Vectors in portion Understanding Attack Vectors of Cyber Security

Answer 1

The correct option is (a) True

For explanation I would say: A sniffer on the whole turns your system’s NIC to the licentious mode so that it can listen to all your data transmitted on its division. This is how it works to sniff all data packets.