ARPOISON(8)

📦 version 0.7, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

arpoison — arp cache update utility. Okay so bestie, this is the little utility that's here to update your ARP cache, and she's literally the main character of this page. Periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here's the whole shape of it, no cap:

arpoison -i <device> -d <destIP> -s <sourceIP> -t <targMAC> -r <srcMAC>
[-a] [-n number of packets] [-w time between packets]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So arpoison constructs an ARP REQUEST or REPLY packet using the hardware and protocol addresses you specify, then sends it out the interface you picked. It's giving packet-crafting moment, fr fr. 🦋

Here are the flags, bestie — every single one:

  • -i — the device, like eth0
  • -d — destination IP address in dotted decimal notation
  • -s — source IP address in dotted decimal notation
  • -t — target MAC address, like 00:f3:b2:23:17:f5
  • -r — source MAC address
  • -a — send ARP REQUEST
  • -n — number of packets to send
  • -w — time in seconds between packets

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Steve Buer <sabuer@mailbox.syr.edu> — iconic, honestly. 💜

Final vibe check: this is the Jan 2003 edition, credited to Arpoison, aka the arpoison manual moment. Bye bestie, stay slay! 🌈💖

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