Re: [inbox] undetectable NIC in promiscuous mode

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 14:31:56 EST, "Weaver, Woody" <woody.weaver () spcorp com>  said:

> So what you would have to do is find a live cable, and do something like
> use inductance to reproduce the electrical signal in the cable, and then
> could monitor the connection at will.
>
> In a *dead paranoid, tempest filled environment* its all fiber, of
> course...

No, it's fiber *in pressurized conduit*.  Otherwise, if you can get hold of
enough fiber to be able to put a bend in it, you can tap it (there's a very
small amount of optical leakage going around a tight bend, enough to drive a
basically undetectable tap).

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