It is reportedly possible to flood a switch to turn it into a hub: http://h.ackack.net/cam-table-overflow.html
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:12:27 -0600 > Merrill Oveson <move...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Does it only involve wireless traffic? > > I don't see why it would not work on a wired LAN run by a hub, but > haven't done the experiment. > > The reason I specify "hub" is that one difference between a hub and a > switch is that a hub simply propagates data that comes in on one port > to all other ports. A switch only propagates an incoming packet to the > next port on that packet's journey, e.g. the firewall. Since the swithc > operates at the Ethernet level, it should hide Internet traffic from > the other machines on the LAN. > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Charles Curley > > <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > > > I haven't seen any discussion of FireSheep here. > > > > > > > http://www.charlescurley.com/blog/archives/2010/11/04/bringing_in_the_sheep/index.html > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > > > Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards > > > and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email > > > http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > > > > > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > > > > > > /* > > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > > Don't fear the penguin. > > > */ > > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > -- > > Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards > and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email > http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
