Re: Detecting a sniffer

[fc () all net (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen)]

> > Of course you can detect a sniffer, but are you willing to pay the cost
> > of doing so? 
>
> You can't "detect a sniffer" from looking at the net; the only way you can
> try is to identify specific software indications of one being run on your
> machine. If it's run on a different machine, on one you can't check (perhaps
> on a palmtop someone has plugged into the net), then you can't detect it at
> all. Even if it's being run on your server, you can detect it if the author
> of the sniffer didn't know about, and defeat, the particular detection
> mechanism you use.

Incorrect - you can detect a sniffer - but it's not cheap.

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