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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Any cheapie packet decoders?
Message-ID: <1991Apr5.182345.47292@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 6 Apr 91 00:23:42 GMT
References: <11955.27f98e28@zeus.unomaha.edu>
Organization: Utah State University
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In article <11955.27f98e28@zeus.unomaha.edu>, network@zeus.unomaha.edu writes:
>    Does anyone know of a cheap (<$200.00) or shareware packet decoder
> for a PC that will work with a 3Com ethernet card?
>    We have some folks hooking up their student labs Ethernet to the
> administrative Ethernet with only a repeater, not a bridge.  I've warned
> them that a student could decode sensitive data, but I don't think any
> of them really believe it's that easy.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Steven Lendt
> Network Manager
> University of Nebraska at Omaha
> Inet: Network@Zeus.UNOmaha.EDU
> Bitnet: Network@UNOMA1

	Netwatch, for Packet Drivers, fills the bill nicely. Cost is zero,
and you can get all the source code. Anonymous ftp to VMS VAX netlab.usu.edu
129.123.1.11, look in directory [anonymous.netwatch] and read the read.me
before transferring everything in sight. Obtain Packet Drivers from
sun.soe.clarkson.edu.
	After you have it running for a while there will be no question about
eavesdropping abilities. Then think if you want to encourage this by leading
people to the solution.
	Joe D.