Re: Network scanning

["K sPecial" <xzziroz () linuxmail org>]

I just want to hope everybody does this, thinking of a laptop, even if the switch is just in my appartment complex, 
just lying there pushing off all my data to some other network, well that makes me mad. People remember to lock up your 
switches and or alarm them for port additions.

--K-sPecial

----- Original Message -----
From: Logan Rogers-Follis <logan () tntnetworx net>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:08:30 -0600
To: Meidinger Chris <chris.meidinger () badenit de>
Subject: Re: Network scanning

> They must have had one really insecure location for there stuff, eh?  
> Personal like is why I like to have at least a locked cabinet mounted to 
> the wall if a full sized, enclosed rack is not needed.  That way you can 
> provide some protection for your equipment in an insecure location.
>
> Meidinger Chris wrote:
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> >>It would be sort of odd for someone to go in a back room and pull out a
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> >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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