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Date:      Mon, 28 Jul 1997 20:45:39 -0400
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        "Nicole H." <nicole@mediacity.com>
Cc:        Brian Buchanan <brian@thought.res.cmu.edu>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Detecting sniffers (was: Re: security hole in FreeBSD) 
Message-ID:  <9944.870137139@orion.webspan.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Jul 1997 04:40:47 -0800." <Chameleon.870090090.nmh@geekgirl> 

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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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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
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