I think it s also called trunk port right ? On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:01:06 +0000, Neil Davies <neil.davies44@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Matthew Miller > Sent: 23 November 2004 19:55 > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Need a sniffer/password capture to prove telnet is bad > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 02:47:05PM -0500, Alex Evonosky wrote: > > >down the gauntlet for me to get his password. He telnets into his > > >home machine from work and I want to capture that, so what I am > > >looking for is something that can be run from my machine, listen to > > >his here at work and capture his home password without knowing > > >explicitly the address of > [...] > > Ethereal can capture that just fine in promisc mode... > > But, if it's a switched network, you'll need to actually be somewhere in the > path his packets are travelling. (Or somehow convince the switch to send all > packets your direction, which may not be trivial.) > > > This is called a SNAP port, so if your switch doesn't support them, then > they won't work. > > -Neil > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
