Re: Wireshark misused?

[Giles Coochey <giles () coochey net>]

On 27/04/2011 20:12, KHOI DO wrote:
> To whom it may concerned,
>
> A lot of people around the world are using wireshark for solving their 
> network problem. Do you know that some employers ( government agency) 
> has been using wireshark to capture their employees' personal 
> information and using that information to fire them.  I am one of the 
> victimes.
>
> I like to ask if you have anything related to this issue in your term 
> agreement.  Please let me know.
> I also happy to provide all information about this issue in detail. 
> Please contact me.
>
> Khoi Do
> Worked for Health Human Services Commission of TX.

Wireshark is a tool to decode network packet captures... Whatever the 
motivation of the user to decode those packets is neither here nor there.
If the packets that you sent got you fired, then you only have yourself 
to blame... honestly!!!

Would you have sent this message to Microsoft if they used Microsoft 
Network Monitor??
or to the developers of tcpdump?
How about WinPCAP?
Perhaps the Cisco equipment that provided the SPAN port is to blame?

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Best Regards,

Giles Coochey
NetSecSpec Ltd
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