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+Ettercap is a suite for man in the middle attacks on LAN. It features
+sniffing of live connections, content filtering on the fly and many other
+interesting tricks. It is capable of intercepting traffic on a network
+segment, capturing passwords, and conducting man-in-the-middle attacks
+against a number of common protocols.
+
+It supports active and passive dissection of many protocols (even
+ciphered ones) and includes many feature for network and host analysis.
+
+It is free software, licensed under the terms of the
+GNU General Public License.