It all depends on your perception of security and what you choose to
accept as "secure".  Note:  Session Hijacking really has nothing to do
with the original context of this thread, and none of my previous
responses had anything to do with session hijacking.

IMO, unfeasible is a poor choice of words.  It is certainly feasible,
given proper circumstance and access.  Do you think everyone working at
ISPs have scruples?  They don't - trust me. There are miscreants in
every place of business.  Then there is always the influence of
corporate espionage or systems simply being exploited.  I'm not being
paranoid - I'm just acknowledging where the risk is.

On the LAN/WAN its much easier because of access, but still not
something that I would call commonplace.  But because something is not a
commonplace occurrence, doesn't mean it is secure.

If you take this question up with a security list, such as the
[Full-disclosure] list, you will surely get some interesting responses -
and if you are lucky, from people with a level of knowledge that might
just scare the crap out of you.


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From what I read, IP session hijacking is slightly easier on a LAN subnet, 
> but across the external 
> internet most references usually state they are unfeasible - although having 
> a compromised ISP may 
> help.


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