This might help: http://www.acsac.org/1999/papers/fri-b-0830-dutta.pdf
-Matt On Wednesday 06 November 2002 08:27 pm, Michael Ungar wrote: > From security books I've read it's not hard to > eavesdrop on network communication using tools like > dsniff, even in a switched environment. My > understanding is that it is accomplished quite easily > by ARP poisoning your victim in thinking your > machine's MAC as the router MAC & after interception, > re-forwarding the traffic back to the true router MAC. > > Assuming the network environment is large (e.g., > configuring port switches for specific MAC addresses > not practical) & desktop security cannot be guaranteed > (and thereby cannot prevent people from allowing > machines to IP forward), how can one defend against > other than encrypting data. > > Thanks....Mike > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos > http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 -- ---------- Matt Hemingway [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pcnalert.com 626-585-2788 x136 ----------
