7/18/03 9:54:51 AM, "Selcuk Cevher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>i wonder if all the applications used to send emails which are running on >the machines at an ethernet LAN use Simple Mail Transfer Protochol ? For >instance, one may use Outlook Express or the other one may use Pine (for >Linux platforms) They use pop/smtp generally. Some, Novell GroupWise, for instance, use a native encryption and do not use pop/smtp unless sent "over the internet" via their own gateway. And, generally, they can encrypt when doing so between others of the same inclination. >...do these applications use encryption? Not by default, generally. >if so, the >encryption algorithms are known ones ? There is an SSL thingie for mail, then there is PGP and so forth. >Furthermore, what is the case for >Web-based email (Hotmail, Yahoo, etc..)..? i think this kind of emails use >the http port ? Yes. >if so, how can i recognize the web-based emails? > Luck? Pattern scan? But, admins worth anything, will use SSL for those. > >thanks >>From: "Speirs, William R (William)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: RE: [WinPcap-users] about email privacy at an ethernet LAN? >>Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:37:37 -0400 >> >>Hello- >> >>Sounds to me like you just need a simple packet sniffer, and then look for >>SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) traffic. >> >>You could setup filters with Ethereal to do this for you. >> >>What exactly is the thesis on? >> >>Bill- >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > > >================================================================== > This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > To unsubscribe use > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >================================================================== > ================================================================== This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To unsubscribe use mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==================================================================
