>
> > I'm wondering how a hacker/cracker can sniff a passwd/username?
> > Does he/she install it on my server or he/she runs a program from
> > his server?
> No, just on any PC on the same hubs/cabling the target PC is running
> in.
The theory goes that a packet sniffer can be installed in any computer on a
network. This packet sniffer will run its NIC under promiscous mode and will
capture packets that has been brodcasted on the network even though it was not
addressed for itself. Since telnet does not encrypt data the passwords can be
easily read.
Holden
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