The following is an instructional tutorial. I hope to show how easy it is to sniff people's passwords in plain-text form on virtually any wired network. Common applications for this would be on a university, school or otherwise large network. This has only been tested on a Windows machine, but can be used to sniff passwords from any operating system. Step 1: Download, install and run Cain & Abel at http://www.oxid.it/cain.html. Step 2: Click "Configure" in the top bar. Step 3: In the "Sniffer" tab, click the adapter which is connected to the network to be sniffed, then click "Apply", then "OK". Step 4: Click the "Sniffer" tab in the main window. Step 5: Click the network card in the top bar (2nd icon from the left). Step 6: Click the "+" button in the top bar. Step 7: Select "All hosts in my subnet", click "OK". Entries should appear in the main window under the "IP address", "