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Re: Token Ring Scanner

From: Ted Doty <ted () iss net>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 08:55:18 -0500

At 10:57 PM 1/7/98 GMT, Edward Cracknell wrote:

Can anyone point me towards a Token Ring scan/testing tool. I'm wanting
to monitor traffic. I know there are many differences between this
technology and broadcast topologies, but essentially I want a system to
be permanently in 'Token-Pass' mode whilst acting promiscuously!


"Scanning" seemingly has different meanings depending on your context.  If
you're looking for a promiscous capture combined with a (hopefully)
intelligent decode, RealSecure (version 2.0) supports this.

- Ted

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