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NAME

       macof - flood a switched LAN with random MAC addresses

SYNOPSIS

       macof [-i interface] [-s src] [-d dst] [-e tha] [-x sport] [-y dport]
       [-n times]

DESCRIPTION

       macof floods the local network with random MAC addresses (causing  some
       switches  to  fail  open  in  repeating mode, facilitating sniffing). A
       straight C port of the original Perl Net::RawIP macof  program  by  Ian
       Vitek <ian.vitek@infosec.se>.

OPTIONS

       -i interface
              Specify the interface to send on.

       -s src Specify source IP address.

       -d dst Specify destination IP address.

       -e tha Specify target hardware address.

       -x sport
              Specify TCP source port.

       -y dport
              Specify TCP destination port.

       -n times
              Specify the number of packets to send.

       Values for any options left unspecified will be generated randomly.

SEE ALSO

       dsniff(8)

AUTHOR

       Dug Song <dugsong@monkey.org>