[1698] in bugtraq
Re: Detecting a sniffer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Thu May 4 13:19:49 1995
To: Dave Horsfall <dave@esi.com.au>
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 May 1995 18:49:22 +1000."
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Reply-To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Thu, 04 May 1995 10:11:20 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Dave Horsfall says:
> On Tue, 2 May 1995, Dr. Frederick B. Cohen wrote:
>
> > Incorrect - you can detect a sniffer - but it's not cheap.
>
> Well, as this is allegedly a full-disclosure list...
He's probably noting that if you can physically check every inch of
wire and you can check out every piece of equipment connected to that
wire you (in theory) have safety -- assuming, of course, that there is
no RF leakage from the system, which is unlikely to be true.
.pm