Re: Submarine Network Sniffer - Do such a product exist??

[Jose Nazario]

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Sameer Anja wrote:

>   Most ISPs have under the sea uplinked facilities. These are undersea
> cables laid on the sea bed. This guy and me were talking generally
> about stuff, and he set me wondering if there is something like a
> sniffer available for such underwater internet gateways.

sure it's possible, just quite illegal. but that hasn't stopped a
determined adversary before.

for some great tales of this being done, i suggest you read Blind Man's
Bluff, available now in trade paperback. also, any decent spy history
books will discuss these endeavors, as well.

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