From: David Wallraff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Meidinger Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: "'Hilal Hussein'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"[EMAIL PROTECTED] Com (E-Mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
why is it harder to sniff over a switced network? i understand it's
becasue of the switch (natch), but what makes it more difficult?
dave
Because a hub sends all traffic to all ports, a switch only sends traffic destined for machines attached to that port, thus making it hard to listen in. You'd be missing all the traffic on the other ports. You can get around this using the ARP cache but it will cause network slowdown.
Chris Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator JM Associates
"Within every man beats a heart of darkness." --The Shadow
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