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Re: consequences for student hacking
From: Bill Brinkley <wbbrinkley () GMAIL COM>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:52:05 -0500
A passive sniffer (Packet Capture) is simply capturing the data that comes to the port or is transmitted in the air, and not should not be limited. Any device that can legitimately connect to the network should be able to capture any traffic destined for it. Actively scanning or manipulating the network to receive more traffic than would normally occur may be a criminal act, but the passive sniffing is not. -- Bill Brinkley Cell 678.877.5145 wbbrinkley () gmail com On Feb 19, 2008 4:38 PM, Bob Henry <bhenry () boisestate edu> wrote:
Boise State has a policy restricting the use of network scanners, host scanners, sniffers, etc. to those approved by the Network Engineer. The consequences for violating the policy are described with these words: Depending on the seriousness of an offense, violation of this policy can result in penalties ranging from reprimand, to loss of use, to referral to University authorities for disciplinary action, to criminal prosecution. That's the theory. I'm looking for a reality check. What do your institutions do when you catch a student sniffing the wired or wireless network for userID's and passwords? Thanks,
<wbbrinkley () gmail com>
Current thread:
- consequences for student hacking Bob Henry (Feb 19)
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- Re: consequences for student hacking Valdis Kletnieks (Feb 19)
- Re: consequences for student hacking Halliday,Paul (Feb 19)
- Re: consequences for student hacking Halliday,Paul (Feb 19)
- Re: consequences for student hacking Eric Case (Feb 19)
- Re: consequences for student hacking Bob Mahoney (Feb 19)
- Re: consequences for student hacking Valdis Kletnieks (Feb 19)
- Re: consequences for student hacking Bill Brinkley (Feb 20)
- Re: consequences for student hacking Doug Markiewicz (Feb 20)
- Re: consequences for student hacking Schley Andrew Kutz (Feb 20)
- consequences for student hacking Tom Siu (Feb 20)