Bored?? Hmmmm... Assumption #1: You are working as some type of network engineer & have access to the network Assumption #2: You have a sniffer [I love NAI Sniffer Pro--Distributed is even better...]
Sniff all the different segments on you network. Create filters to filter out "types" of traffic. An example is create a filter looking for _only_ DNS failures. I just recently found a piece of "spyware" that AT&T's ISP dialer software that was sending out dns querries for ibmxxx.inverse.net...where xxx was 001 through 009. They all fail...and the dialer software just kept rolling thru the numbers indefinately while the user was dialed up [and connected to our VPN] [the solution was to upgrade the software]... Look of _ICMP_ traffic... see what you see... Look at whatever routing protocol you use [ospf is the most _fun_]...what can you deduce from the traces... and then there is _SNMP_ traffic...always fun to catch...suprising how much info is sent in plaintext... and then there is just catching those boxen that have shitty [excuse my canadian-french] drivers...they don't window, or cause excessive retrans...etc... I make it 75% of my job to sniff...PRO-ACTIVE is key to a happy network... now if only all the users would get off my network, it would be fine ;-) TroyC -----Original Message----- From: Peter zhang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: what would u do when u bored [3:3784] Bored Hi guys, I will like to get some opinion from the group, what would you guys do when you feel bored at work? any input will be highly appreciated. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=26386&t=3784 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
