Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:39:32 -0700 (PDT) From: jay d <service_account@yahoo.com> To: Cliff Skolnick <cliff@steam.com>, Bigby Findrake <bigby@shiva.eu.org> Cc: jay d <service_account@yahoo.com>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multiple machines in the same network Message-ID: <19990820203932.9282.rocketmail@web601.yahoomail.com>
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ding ding ding! we have a winner :) that's pretty much it, my friend. jay --- Cliff Skolnick <cliff@steam.com> wrote: > > Hacked arp code on one machine could return a > broadcast or multicast > ethernet address to an arp query for any machine. > The switch would then > treat all traffic as broadcast sending it to every > port. Since the machines > TCP/IP layer would receive the packet it woudl still > be on the network, of > course it would be receiving and dropping a bit > more. Performance may be > effected. :) > > You really want the machines on a seperate segment > and to be routed instead > of switched. > > Cliff > > On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Bigby Findrake wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, jay d wrote: > > > > > What you really want is a VLAN capable switch. > VLAN switches simply > > > designate what ports on a switch can see what > other ports on the same > > > switch. I have to correct you though, Rodney, as > sniffing is currently > > > possible through switches. > > > > Please, do tell us how it's possible to sniff > through switches. > > > > > > > /-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ > > It's easier to obtain forgiveness than permission. > > > > finger bigby@shiva.eu.org for my pgpkey > > e-mail bigby@pager.shiva.eu.org to page me > > > /-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of > the message > > > > -- > | Cliff Skolnick | "They that can give > up essential liberty to | > | Steam Tunnel Operations | obtain a little > temporary safety deserve | > | cliff@steam.com | neither liberty nor > safety." | > | http://www.steam.com/ | -- > Benjamin Franklin, 1759 | > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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