From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 18 17:01:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA17776 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 17:01:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM ([198.138.38.206]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA17769 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 17:01:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM (8.6.12/8.6.9) id UAA24010; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 20:00:29 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 20:00:28 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" X-Sender: jmb@Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM To: Dave Andersen cc: Annelise Anderson , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ethernet packet sniffer. In-Reply-To: <199601180549.WAA00030@terra.aros.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Dave Andersen wrote: > I'm not familiar with anything that would let you detect packet > monitoring, because it's a passive thing; just make sure nobody has > unauthorized root access to any of the machines on your network (programs > such as tripwire, a good backup schedule, etc). what's root access on a pc? there are decent ethernet sniffer packages available on the net for dos boxes. choices are limited. --trust everyone and everything on you net. --encrypt anything you want private. --unplug. i have never heard of a fourth choice. Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG play go. ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life i am moving to a new job. PLEASE USE: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG