On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 12:47:16PM -0500, Clay Fandre wrote: > Dave Sherohman [esper at sherohman.org] wrote: > > 2) Use switches instead of hubs. You can't sniff a packet that > > doesn't reach your NIC. > > This is totally false. There are many ways to sniff a switched network. arp poisoning and arp-cache flooding are the two most common. Just check out ettercap or dsniff. Good point, good point... uh... I was assuming users smart enough to use a sniffer but not smart enough to use any advanced techniques? -- With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is not safe for non US software engineers to visit the United States. - Alan Cox "To prevent unauthorized reading..." - Adobe eBook reader license