Re: A Solution for sniffing

["Joe H." <joe () unimelb edu au>]

Aydin Kocas wrote:
> Hi Fadi,
>
> First I would check, which network adapters in your
> lan supports the promiscous mode (which a sniffer
> always uses)

Almost all net.
adadpters can be set to
promiscuous mode
(with system privs). And
how/what would you use
to 
presumably scan all
network interfaces to
see if they 
are in prmoiscuous mode?

> I know, that there are some tools for examining where
> the sniffing actions came from (sniffit e.g.) but i

Sniffit is a packet
sniffer itself and can
be compiled
on many other Unix's
(Linux, FreBSD...and I
have even ported
it to OSF).

Fadi, what made you
think you were being
sniffed in the
first place?

JH.

> guess they are only made for solaris systems.
>
> Cheers,
> Aydin Kocas
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <fadi () lebrocks com>
> > To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:40 AM
> > Subject: A Solution for sniffing
> >
> >
> > > Hello Folks,
> > > I think i am being sniffed by somone on my
> > network, and i was wondering.
> > is
> > > there an application to check wether i am being
> > sniffed or not, and if i
> > > was, how can i fix that ?(like PGP for mail, what
> > about other protocols)
> > > P.S. : Running Linux Slackware 8.1 (if that would
> > help)
> > > cheers,
> > > Fadi R. Khouja
>
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