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Password Sniffing

nounid 3520·updated May 9, 2026
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Passive wiretapping, usually on a local area network, to gain knowledge of passwords.

MWE

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Classifications

Entity Type

Credential95%rule-basedr:entity.credential.password.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Password Sniffings
possessive
Password Sniffing's
pluralpossessive
Password Sniffings'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
Passive wiretapping, usually on a local area network, to gain knowledge of passwords.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Passive wiretapping, usually on a local area network, to gain knowledge of passwords.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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