Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:38654 comp.protocols.tcp-ip:9332 comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:1962 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!virtech!cpcahil From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: The PC as a trusted client in a TCP/IP network Keywords: PC, TCP/IP, security. Message-ID: <1989Nov23.052649.8643@virtech.uucp> Date: 23 Nov 89 05:26:49 GMT References: <907@cgch.UUCP> <1989Nov22.224737.29098@athena.mit.edu> Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc. Lines: 14 > control and secure all the wire, somebody can pretty easily hook up > their own portable PC and at the very least run a sniffer to grab all > the packets as they go over the wire. Speaking of sniffers, can somebody send me information on what hardware is available for a portable pc to collect/view/analyze ethernet traffic (and hopefully decript the TCP/IP packets) on both thin and thicknet. Thanks in advance -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Conor P. Cahill uunet!virtech!cpcahil 703-430-9247 ! | Virtual Technologies Inc., P. O. Box 876, Sterling, VA 22170 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+