[66659] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: sniffer/promisc detector
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott McGrath)
Mon Jan 19 15:22:59 2004
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:20:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Scott McGrath <mcgrath@fas.harvard.edu>
To: Gerald <gcoon@inch.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20040119112145.Q49281@kod.inch.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
That's what I assumed but I asked the question anyhow just to confirm my
assumption(s).
Scott C. McGrath
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Gerald wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Scott McGrath wrote:
>
> > The question here is what are you trying to defend against?.
>
> If that question was directed at me, I am just checking to make sure
> nothing is new on the packet sniffing / detecting scene that I haven't
> heard about. It also seemed to me to have been a long time since the
> subject of detecting packet sniffers was brought up. (not just on NANOG)
>
> I know there are ways to get around being detected, but I'm just trying to
> make sure I'm doing my best to catch the less than professional sniffers
> on my networks.
>
> Gerald
>
