Re: references to password sniffer incident

[Rick Smith]

At 02:29 PM 3/8/99 +1100, Greg Rose wrote:
> ....    For part of this, I wanted to 
>refer to the incident where someone mounted a password sniffer at a major 
>network hub (MAE-West?) a couple of years ago. But I haven't turned up 
>anything useful in a Web search. I didn't dream this incident, did I? 

Based on memory, I believe that was early '94 involving an ISP named Panix.
There was a CERT advisory on password sniffing as a result. Also check over
CERT quarterly reports. They used to make regular statements about recent
incidence of sniffing.

Rick.
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