Send Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) Packets
Description
This module sends Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) packets. Note that any responses to the CDP packets broadcast from this module will need to be analyzed with an external packet analysis tool, such as tcpdump or Wireshark in order to learn more about the Cisco switch and router environment.
Author(s)
- Fatih Ozavci
Development
Module Options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use auxiliary/spoof/cisco/cdp
msf auxiliary(cdp) > show actions
...actions...
msf auxiliary(cdp) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(cdp) > show options
...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(cdp) > run 
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