[2800] in bugtraq
Re: Write-only devices (Was read only devices)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul C Leyland)
Mon Jun 24 17:45:40 1996
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:08:38 +0100
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
From: Paul C Leyland <pcl@foo.oucs.ox.ac.uk>
X-To: gary@systemics.com
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
> Or even a PC on the local lan with it's TX line cut?
> That way no one will know it is there, but all (well, most, if using
> UDP) log messages in the form of UDP packets could be logged.
Anyone monitoring the local lan (sic) will see logging data.
Tapping a dedicated serial line from a remote machine is *much* more
difficult than monitoring a LAN from a remote machine.
How many password sniffers have you ever seen running on a dedicated
serial line?
(The pedant in me forces to point out the similarity betweeen a local
lan and a PIN number 8-)
Paul
