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Date:      Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:47:04 -0600
From:      nathan <beemern@ksu.edu>
To:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: berkeley packet filter doesn't work??
Message-ID:  <389602D8.AFD9506F@ksu.edu>
References:  <3895FD1F.D204FF6E@ksu.edu>

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> The point of a switch is to prevent data from being sent to machines
> that have no need for it.  There's no way for bpf to show you packets
> that never come down the wire to your machine.

so would this then imply that our internal traffic is safe from external
hacking?

example--> a user logs into our mail server here.  authenticates in clear
text and gets mail.

so that communication could NOT be intercepted then in ANY way from outside
the switch??

Thanks again!



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