[11390] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Re[2]: Two-way Internet service from Continental Cable?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert G. Moskowitz)
Thu Mar 31 03:00:08 1994
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 94 17:07 EST
From: "Robert G. Moskowitz" <0003858921@mcimail.com>
To: Stephen Wolff <steve@nsf.gov>
To: com priv <com-priv@psi.com>
S said:
>If it's a shared medium, how difficult is it for a moderately capable one
>of PSI's customers on the cable to listen in on what some other customers
>are saying? Presumably it's slightly more difficult than hanging a
>Sniffer on a vampire tap, but I wonder what safety mechanisms PSI has to
>prevent their customers from wiretapping each other?
Steve, it is soooo simple to turn a PC into an network analyser. I do it
all the time at work. A number of commercial packages for ~$1K or PD
packages do it...
Bob
