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  • Subject: RE: frame question
  • From: Scott Johnson <sjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 10:13:59 -0600


An IP Sniffer does just that, it sniffs at an IP address that you give.  So if 
your
neighbor happens to know your IP address, he can set his Sniffer program to your
IP address and "see" what you are sending across the Internet.  I saw this work,
so please don't tell me that it does not.  This has to be an IntERnet IP 
address, not
an IntRAnet IP address.  

Now if you are encrypting your transmissions, you have a lot less to worry 
about!

JMHO,
        Scott

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From:   Walden Leverich[SMTP:walden@techsoftinc.com]
Sent:   Tuesday, November 18, 1997 5:27 PM
To:     JAVA400-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: frame question

I must disagree. A Sniffer, and similar products, work by intercepting
packets not intended for them, BUT SENT TO THEM! On a network all the cards
see all the packets, they just ignore the one not destined for them. A
sniffer tells the card to grab all the packets, regardless of the target lan
address. However, on the internet my packet never passes into my next door
neighbor's PC. I don't care what software/hardware he has, he cannot see
anything I send to the net.

-Walden

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