If you can get to a key board you can sniff a hub/switch or un secured router. This means ANY computer on the network can be used to go sniffing.. You don't need physical access to the router. That would just make life to easy
Patrick Corneli_en <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Michael Ossmann, > > > That's cool as long as you can trust everyone in your house, which your > > comments lead me to believe might not be the case. Don't trust a switch > > to protect your network segment. Methods to sniff and interfere with > > traffic on a switch, while not quite as easy as doing the same on a hub, > > are commonly used. > Well the network in our house is relaitvely secure, because the > switches are locked in a seperate room and only 2 people have the key > to this room. > So I don't think, that there is any danger around here. > > > -- > Bye, > Patrick Cornelissen > http://www.P-C-Software.de > ICQ:15885533 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
