RE: Network scanning

[Meidinger Chris <chris.meidinger () badenit de>]

> It would be sort of odd for someone to go in a back room and pull out a
computer, whip it up on the switch and proceed to fire up ethereal.

Actually it's much more common than you think. I have known people that
found old laptops laying on top of their switch racks that had been
dsniffing traffic  on that segment and pushing it outside the network. It
can create a really major incident.

badenIT GmbH
System Support
 
Chris Meidinger
Tullastrasse 70
79108 Freiburg

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