[1666] in bugtraq
Re: Re[2]: sniffers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Azuelos)
Tue May 2 06:58:01 1995
From: Daniel Azuelos <dan@pasteur.fr>
To: rnayfield@mail.iconnet.com (Nayfield, Rod)
Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 10:06:48 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: <9503307992.AA799278704@mail.IConNet.COM> from "Nayfield, Rod" at Apr 30, 95 02:52:35 pm
Nayfield, Rod wrote:
| Right. There is no way. one of smb's papers (and the book) mention using a
| sniffer with transmit leads cut.
|
| The best protection would be to use switches instead of hubs... even a
| multi-port bridge for thinnet is a good idea when you use it to seperate
| workgroups.
|
| rod
Right, no way to detect a sniffer with no transmit lead. But many
funny way to kill it. All you need is 2 machines faster than the
potential sniffer.
--
dan +If looks could kill, they probably will, ....;
