> > These are all good ideas, however many sniffers are not Unix systems that > can be logged into and examined. I have worked with DOS based sniffers > (Network General Sniffer, Excelan, HP, etc) that are far superior to suns > (as sniffers/protocol analayzers) and I doubt that they are easily detectable > even with their transmit lead intact. I don't think the machine you run sniffer software on could make it better or worse, they all get the same packets;) Patrick _______________________________________________________________________ / These opinions are mine, and not Amdahl's (except by coincidence;). \ | (\ | | Patrick J. Horgan Amdahl Corporation \\ Have | | patrick@amdahl.com 1250 East Arques Avenue \\ _ Sword | | Phone : (408)992-2779 P.O. Box 3470 M/S 316 \\/ Will | | FAX : (408)773-0833 Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3470 _/\\ Travel | \___________________________O16-2294________________________\)__________/