Re: sniffing packets on a switch

["Mark Ng" <alias1 () markng co uk>]

Anything has problems doing this - the best method is to port-mirror the
traffic for the machine(s) you're trying to sniff to the machine you're
doing the sniffing with.

Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Borre" <sfborre () yahoo com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 11:54 PM
Subject: sniffing packets on a switch


> I am interested in what people recommend using to
> sniff packets on a switch. I have heard that TCPdump
> has some problems doing this. Thank you ahead of the
> time for any assistance.
>
> Scott Borre
>
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