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To: "Nicole H." <nicole@mediacity.com>
cc: Brian Buchanan <brian@thought.res.cmu.edu>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: Detecting sniffers (was: Re: security hole in FreeBSD) 
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"Nicole H." wrote in message ID
<Chameleon.870090090.nmh@geekgirl>:

>  What is the range of sniffing? I.E. can the "sniffer" sniff past
>  switched networks?

Not without access to the switch to reprogram it (not all switches
allow that mode anyhow).

Gary
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