Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Hello all,
>
> We often hear of bad guys using sniffer programs to check out packets for
> information. My question is where and how are these sniffers usually
> installed. Has anyone ever disovered a sniffer program running on their
> firewall?
Even something as common as tcpdump can be used to record traffic and
save to a log file, which other applications can read and display,
such as Ethereal. I haven't discovered any sniffer programs other
than my own. So far, no box under my care has been broken into.
(*knocks on wood*).
Wil
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