Bingo. They can pickup whatever is traversing the wire of the subnet they
are listening on. Switched environments are a different matter, and I'll
leave it to the switch experts to develope that thread if it is to be,
being nore of a switch novice her compared to some of our other company on
this list.
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Bruno Negrão wrote:
> Hy all,
> Could someone tell me if sniffers can hear remote connections?
> In my conception, sniffers just can hear the traffic where they are directly
>connected. Is it right?
>
> Thank you
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> -- Bruno Negrão -- Suporte
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