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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 17:58:29 -0500 (EST)
From: David J Meltzer <davem+@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Subject: Re: ethernet packet sniffer.
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Excerpts from internet.computing.freebsd-questions: 18-Jan-96 Re:
ethernet packet sniffer. by marino.ladavac@aut.alcat 
> > Mike, I'm not saying it would be practical, but if her networking 
> > department happens to have a Time Domain Reflectometer, which is common 
> > communications equipment for high speed cables (many cable companies have 
> > one) then every tap can be detected.  A TDR would spot everything, even 
> > unused BNC taps.
>  
> So would a Frequency Domain Reflectometer.
>  

Is this for a connection made/not made, or can it actually determine if
a ethernet card on the network is being run in promiscuous mode or not, which
I think was the original question (and if so, could someone explain how)?


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