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# Active v Passive Attacks
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Passive: compromising a system but not necessarily doing anything apart from _watching_
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Active: compromising a system while doing something to the system apart from infiltrating it
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> wait what?
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_Passive_ can be just like listening in on a conversation(eavesdropping) where _active_ is like jumping into the conversation and trying to do something to it.
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