THG and TAPs

From: jim terry (jtixthus@excite.com)
Date: 12/22/01 

Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 10:11:53 -0800 (PST)
From: jim terry <jtixthus@excite.com>
To: focus-ids@securityfocus.com

Hi all,

Please help me on some terminology.

Recent posts have referred to THGs and TAPs. I take it a TAP is like a hub
but it must be a little different.

What exactly are these terms?

Thanks,

JT

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