Re: unswitched behavior of a switched network...

[Ron <ron () gwndev com>]

> Some router have an option of dumping all traffic to a give port, so
> if you are connected to the right router port you will see everything
> as if it was a hub. At least I already saw a router configured that
> way, that port that was connected to a computer that was dedicated to
> run snort.
Just to clarify, I'm pretty sure you're talking about switches that have
a "mirror" port.

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