Re: To hub or not to hub

["Bob Staaf" <rstaaf () direcway com>]

Sorry, I came into this thread late :)  Are you replacing the switch with a
hub or adding a hub before your switch?  If you replace the switch with a
hub you are losing a bit of security that a switched network provides.  If
you are adding a hub before your switch you are just adding an extra point
of failure and another piece of equipment to maintain.  I would highly
suggest a tap as the good ones will fail in the open position still allowing
traffic to flow.

There is a good FAQ on the subject at
http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs/sniffing-faq.html

Hope this helps!

Bob Staaf
Southern Web Services
Central, SC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Scott" <ascott () triadfoodsgroup com>
To: <snort-users () lists sourceforge net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] To hub or not to hub


First, thanks to all for the answers...
The main reason I didn't want to Span the ports is that I don't know how to
do it, or if there would be any consequences on doing so. We use 3Com
3300's, I'll check the documentation.
The hub seemed the easiest... but I read conflicting information.
Thanks again

anthony  scott,
workstation administrator



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