Date: Fri, 19 Jan 96 10:16:54 MET From: marino.ladavac@aut.alcatel.at To: julian@ref.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ethernet packet sniffer. Message-ID: <9601190916.AA04378@atuhc16.atusks01.aut.alcatel.at> In-Reply-To: <199601190314.TAA05783@ref.tfs.com>; from "Julian Elischer" at Jan 18, 96 7:14 pm
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> > > > No, it only would reveal physical connections, Mike Smith was right > > about what he said, there isn't any way to detect a receiver. This would > > only detect extra cable taps that a network administrator didn't know > > about. And it wouldn't reveal what those taps were doing, either, just > > that they existed. > They wouldn't reveal a nonintrusive high impedance tap.. It might. The break in insulation you would create when you are attaching your tap might be a visible enough discontinuity. BNC connectors are easily visible even though they are loaded with a matching load. /Alby > >
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