-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Don't allow people to run code on your machine (via physical access or logical access via a buffer overflow). If he thinks he is on a network where someone has installed sniffer software or has put a nic in promiscuous mode (one in the same?????) then we have covered that on this list and you can refer him to antisniff by l0pht (now @stake) or some other programs that people have listed (that don't come to mind right now). Further he could try trillian (this uses encryption and was discussed on this list and some people brought up some good counter points). I am not sure if AOL is playing with Trillian anymore or if aol is still being monopolistic. Whoops I meant, um, well lets be honest they are just as bad as M$ by not opening up the protocol to other vendors :)
Cheers, Leon - -----Original Message----- From: william taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 1:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: aol IM "sniffer"? I had a friend who uses AOL. he told me that someone he knew had bugged his AOL account so that his IMs were logged, his sites visited was logged, and all of his settings (favorites, buddy list, etc.) had been recorded. i know that this is done by cracking and is probably some juvenile prank, but how could i protect myself against someone doing that? i.e. is it a packet sniffer sniffing packets coming out of a specific ip address with specific headers, or is it some sort of spoofer that asks AOL for that information? and if so, how could i prevent an attack like that from succeeding? charles _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPGmoZdqAgf0xoaEuEQIpIQCdHnJpD6J30vK0YGWnk+JBOQ5zTUsAnjUx 9yS3JYzB86TJ0aPpu2g5fisY =77rJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
