RE: Caching a sniffer

[Fernando Gont <fernando () gont com ar>]

At 08:24 24/03/2004 -0800, Shawn Jackson wrote:

> >If someone is running a sniffer on your switched network and has the
> ability
> >to login to your switch, enable port mirroring, and sniff data, you
> have
> >much bigger problems than just having a rogue sniffer on the network.
>
> Incorrect. A switch is basically a hub and router in one.

Routers work on layer 3, not layer 2.


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Fernando Gont
e-mail: fernando () gont com ar || fgont () acm org



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