RE: sniffer cable

From: Workman, Matthew (Matthew.Workman@us.wmmercer.com)
Date: 03/19/02 

From: "Workman, Matthew" <Matthew.Workman@us.wmmercer.com>
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:47:43 -0500

What's the difference between doing something like what you described and
just runnig an ap like Snort?

-----Original Message-----
From: CHRIS GRABENSTEIN [mailto:LFGRABC@LF.VCCS.EDU]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 1:28 PM
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: sniffer cable

For that matter, a small 4-port hub would do the trick. Just plug in and go
promiscuous when you want to listen

|-----Original Message-----
|From: ash [mailto:ashcrow@phreaker.net]
|Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 6:02 PM
|To: security-basics@security-focus.com
|Subject: Re: sniffer cable
|
|
|I don't know of anyone making such kind of wires but a
|modified vampire
|tap might be what you are trying to create, depending on the kind of
|cable being used, of course. Why not just put 2 NIC's in your laptop
|(assuming you are going to use a laptop for this ...) and act as a
|bridge between the two hosts. You could easily then use tcpdump or
|another utility to keep an eye on the packets. Just an idea.
|
|Ash
|---
|Darkfire Secure Linux -- http://www.gnulinux.net

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