Re: smtp mail
From: Barry Margolin (barmar@genuity.net)Date: 02/21/02
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From: Barry Margolin <barmar@genuity.net> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:05:54 GMT
In article <cf1a8427.0202201413.2cb16e19@posting.google.com>,
Diamond <diamond@dodgygeezers.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Everyone tells me how easy it is to sniff smtp email.
>
>Now i am not talking about hacking the email server i am talking about
>sitting out there on the internet somewhere and capturing email
>
>Is this possible?
Yes.
>How easy is it?
You have to have access to one of the network segments along the way. If
you're the operator of the network that the client or server is on, it's
easy to put a sniffer on that network and grab everything. But if you're
some random hacker on the Internet it's pretty difficult to tap into any of
the connections.
-- Barry Margolin, barmar@genuity.net Genuity, Woburn, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups. Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.
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