[Info-vax] Is Eisner down?

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-12-04 22:36:54 +0000, Jan-Erik Soderholm said:

> On an older networks using hubs maybe. On a modern network using 
> switches, your Wireshark will only see your own network traffic. You 
> need some network admin to do some "mangement" in a switch to copy 
> others traffic to your port.

Sure, as far as the switch itself is concerned, and assuming that the 
switch itself hasn't been breached, and nobody's sitting on the mirror 
port.

DNS- and routing-targeted attacks can still leave unencrypted 
connections vulnerable, even with "dumb" switches.


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