Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Security on ethernet, recent LAN mag article Message-ID: Date: 25 Mar 88 01:17:29 GMT References: <4805@ecsvax.UUCP> Organization: The Office of Mismanagement and Bean Counting Lines: 7 Keywords: ethernet,security Better than that, someone wrote a program for a sun that allows you to evesdrop on complete TCP connections (provided that the net is lightly loaded enough). Ethernets are not secure. Neither are your RS-232 lines. We used to tap terminal lines quite a bit (it's a lot easier than ethernet). -Ron