Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 10:25:45 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Detecting sniffers (was: Re: security hole in FreeBSD) Message-ID: <E0wtF5l-0006nV-00@rover.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Jul 1997 21:59:39 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970728215803.4839A-100000@cyrus.watson.org> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970728215803.4839A-100000@cyrus.watson.org>
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970728215803.4839A-100000@cyrus.watson.org> Robert Watson writes: : host. Promiscuous mode simply disables the filter. The only way to : prevent the packets from being sniffable is to prevent them from going on : the wire in question -- smart hubs (switches) do this, so are desirable. Well, there is strong encryption. While it doesn't prevent sniff of the packets, per se, it generally leaves you with garbage and produces the same net effect. Warner
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