Re: network sniffing question
From: TheMartian (no_frelling_spam_at_no_spam.spam)
Date: 04/29/03
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:18:50 GMT
After a long battle with technology Pat wrote:
> hi guys,
> we have a switched network. all our comps are on switches and we use
> telnet to log into our servers as root.
>
> my question is,
>
> can anyone sniff the packets and get the root password? I think not
> because 1- I'm on a switched network so you can't sniff what's not yours
> 2- you must be root to put the ethernet card into sniffer mode (even if
> you do let's say on win9X) you still can't sniff packets because you're
> on a switched network.
>
> need your comments please.
> thank you.
do not rely on a switched environment for additional security, there are
several apps that can sniff using arp posioning
one example is ettercap
http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/
one other one that I found on a clients box, was parasite. there are many
more
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