arping alternatives

Looking for an alternative tool to replace arping? During the review of arping we looked at other open source tools. Based on their category, tags, and text, these are the ones that have the best match.

Top 3

  1. arp-scan (ARP scanner)
  2. ArpON (MitM defense tool)
  3. addrwatch (monitoring of ARP and IP addresses)

These tools are ranked as the best alternatives to arping.

Alternatives (by score)

52

arp-scan

Introduction

The arp-scan utility can be used to detect hosts on the network. As it uses ARP, it only applies to IPv4, as IPv6 uses the neighbour discovery protocol (NDP).

Project details

63

ArpON

Introduction

ArpOn protects a system by running as a daemon and guard against a Man in the Middle (MitM) attack due to ARP spoofing, cache poisoning, or an ARP poison routing attack.

The tool works by using three types of inspection to detect a related attack.

  • SARPI (Static ARP Inspection), statically configured networks (without DHCP)
  • DARPI (Dynamic ARP Inspection), dynamically configured networks (with DHCP)
  • HARPI (Hybrid ARP Inspection), statically and dynamically configured networks (with DHCP)

Project details

ArpON is written in C.

Strengths and weaknesses

  • + The source code of this software is available

    ArpON review

    60

    addrwatch

    Introduction

    Similar to arpwatch, this tool addrwatch will monitor the pairing between ethernet and IP addresses.

    Main features:

    • IPv4 and IPv6 address monitoring
    • Monitoring multiple network interfaces with one daemon
    • Monitoring of VLAN tagged (802.1Q) packets
    • Output to stdout, plain text files, syslog, sqlite3, MySQL
    • IP address usage history preserving output and logging

    Project details

    74

    KickThemOut

    Introduction

    Kick devices off your network by performing an ARP spoofing attack.

    Project details

    KickThemOut is written in Python.

    Strengths and weaknesses

    • + More than 500 GitHub stars
    • + The source code of this software is available

      Typical usage

      • Offensive security

      KickThemOut review

      60

      SCUTUM

      Introduction

      The primary goal of this solution is to prevent ARP spoofing by other computers on the local network. It uses a whitelist and blocks all other systems sending possible malicious ARP requests (e.g. with spoofing attack).

      Project details

      SCUTUM is written in Python.

      Strengths and weaknesses

      • + The source code of this software is available
      • - Full name of author is unknown

      Typical usage

      • Firewall management
      • Network traffic filtering

      SCUTUM review

      60

      larp

      Introduction

      Larp is a tool to perform ARP poisoning on the network. It is written in Python and can be used for security assessments.

      Project details

      larp is written in Python.

      Strengths and weaknesses

      • + The source code of this software is available

        Typical usage

        • Network spoofing
        • Penetration testing

        larp review

        63

        Oscanner

        Introduction

        The tool has a plugin-based architecture for enumeration purposes of Oracle installations.

        • Sid enumeration
        • Passwords tests (common & dictionary)
        • Enumerate Oracle version
        • Enumerate account roles
        • Enumerate account privileges
        • Enumerate account hashes
        • Enumerate audit information
        • Enumerate password policies
        • Enumerate database links

        Project details

        Oscanner is written in Java.

        Strengths and weaknesses

        • + The source code of this software is available

          Oscanner review

          60

          Parsero

          Introduction

          Entries that should not be crawled by a web spider, are typically placed in a Disallow entry in the robots.txt file. This file is read by a crawl tool and any of the Disallow entries are skipped for indexing. These entries are interesting, as sometimes they reveal a lot of information about the web server. This tool helps to quickly check which entries are accessible.

          Project details

          Parsero is written in Python.

          Strengths and weaknesses

          • + The source code of this software is available

            Parsero review

            93

            Scapy

            Introduction

            Scapy can handle tasks like network scanning, tracerouting, probing, unit tests, attacks or network discovery. Due to its manipulation possibilities, Scapy can send invalid frames. It allows you also to inject custom 802.11 frames, or combine other attacking techniques.

            Project details

            Scapy is written in Python.

            Strengths and weaknesses

            • + More than 2000 GitHub stars
            • + The source code of this software is available
            • - Many provided pull requests are still open

            Typical usage

            • Network analysis
            • Security assessment

            Scapy review

            64

            THC IPv6 Attack Toolkit (thc-ipv6)

            Introduction

            Tools:
            - parasite6: ICMPv6 neighbor solitication/advertisement spoofer, puts you as man-in-the-middle, same as ARP MitM (and parasite)
            - alive6: an effective alive scanng, which will detect all systems listening to this address
            - dnsdict6: parallel DNS IPv6 dictionary brute-forcer
            - fake_router6: announce yourself as a router on the network, with the highest priority
            - redir6: redirect traffic to you intelligently (man-in-the-middle) with a clever ICMPv6 redirect spoofer
            - toobig6: mtu decreaser with the same intelligence as redir6
            - detect-new-ip6: detect new IPv6 devices which join the network, you can run a script to automatically scan these systems etc.
            - dos-new-ip6: detect new IPv6 devices and tell them that their chosen IP collides on the network (DOS).
            - trace6: very fast traceroute6 with supports ICMP6 echo request and TCP-SYN
            - flood_router6: flood a target with random router advertisements
            - flood_advertise6: flood a target with random neighbor advertisements
            - fuzz_ip6: fuzzer for IPv6
            - implementation6: performs various implementation checks on IPv6
            - implementation6d: listen daemon for implementation6 to check behind a firewall
            - fake_mld6: announce yourself in a multicast group of your choice on the net
            - fake_mld26: same but for MLDv2
            - fake_mldrouter6: fake MLD router messages
            - fake_mipv6: steal a mobile IP to yours if IPSEC is not needed for authentication
            - fake_advertiser6: announce yourself on the network
            - smurf6: local smurfer
            - rsmurf6: remote smurfer, known to work only against Linux targets at the moment
            - exploit6: known IPv6 vulnerabilities to test against a target
            - denial6: a collection of denial-of-service tests against a target
            - thcping6: sends a handcrafted ping6 packet
            - sendpees6: a tool by willdamn@gmail.com, which generates a neighbor solicitation requests with a lot of CGAs (crypto) to keep the CPU busy.

            Project details

            THC IPv6 Attack Toolkit is written in C.

            Strengths and weaknesses

            • + Project is mature (10+ years)
            • + The source code of this software is available

              Typical usage

              • Network analysis
              • Penetration testing
              • Security assessment

              THC IPv6 Attack Toolkit review

              70

              Yersinia

              Introduction

              The Yersinia tool takes advantage of known weaknesses in several network protocols. It helps with trying to abuse the weaknesses to ensure that network protections are implemented where possible.

              Related protocols:

              • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
              • Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
              • Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP)
              • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
              • Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
              • 802.1q
              • 802.1x
              • Inter-Switch Link Protocol (ISL)
              • VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)

              Project details

              93

              ntopng

              Introduction

              The ntopng replaced the older ntop utility. It now focuses on high-speed traffic analysis and flow collection. Typically this is useful for analysis of network traffic and troubleshooting of overused network links.

              Project details

              ntopng is written in C++.

              Strengths and weaknesses

              • + The source code of this software is available

                Typical usage

                • Network analysis
                • Troubleshooting

                ntopng review

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