Firewalls: Re: anti-sniffer warfare

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Subject:	Re: anti-sniffer warfare
From:	Peter da Silva <peter @ baileynm . com>
Date:	Sun, 1 Feb 1998 06:11:29 -0600 (CST)
To:	hhhobbit @ icarus . weber . edu (Henry Hertz Hobbit)
Cc:	Doug . Hughes @ Eng . Auburn . EDU, firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to:	<Pine . SOL . 3 . 91 . 980131225938 . 6474E-100000 @ icarus . weber . edu> from "Henry Hertz Hobbit" at Jan 31, 98 11:07:28 pm

One thing you could do is use switches or secure hubs, which would at least
only deliver broadcasts to the sniffer. They'd still get some traffic but
they wouldn't get stuff aimed at specific MAC addresses, unless my understanding
of how these devices work is completely wonky.

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Re: anti-sniffer warfare
From: Henry Hertz Hobbit <hhhobbit @ icarus . weber . edu>

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