On 1/30/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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On 01/30/07 08:31, celejar wrote:
> On 1/29/07, Peter Teunissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> On 29-jan-2007, at 21:57, Kristian Lampen wrote:
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>> I've read something about using an old non-switching hub
>> attached to your network and an old cpu, running snort. This
>> way you should be able to sniff all traffic. Dunno much more
>> about it tho, never tried it myself.
>
> Although I have never used one, AFAIK that is exactly what a hub
> does; it sends all traffic out all ports. Just be aware that this
> will greatly increase traffic across all the segments, and may
> cause collisions. That's why switches have more or less replaced
> hubs.
More or less? Does anyone actually sell hubs anymore?
Newegg does [0]. The reviews of one of them imply that the purchasers
wanted it specifically for sniffing their network traffic.
Celejar
[0]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2050400026+1228013608&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=26
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