Forwarded message: >From fc Thu May 4 10:47:34 1995 Subject: Re: Detecting a sniffer To: perry@imsi.com Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 10:47:34 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <9505041405.AA27736@snark.imsi.com> from "Perry E. Metzger" at May 4, 95 10:05:57 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 965 > > > Dr. Frederick B. Cohen says: > > Incorrect - you can detect a sniffer - but it's not cheap. > > Tell us how, Oh Great One. It's called a lot of hard work. You start by examining all hardware and software, ... you get the idea? Now if you are proficient, you can do this for only a few days and a few thousand dollars per typical room in an office complex, in other words, as much as replacing the whole computing facility. There are a number of techniques that require less work but are less perfect. -- ----------------- \Management /\/| 216-686-0090 - PO Box 1480, Hudson, OH 44236 \ /\/ | Check out info-security heaven and test your system \/\ /\/ | for known vulnerabilities (1st time for free) at URL: \/Analytics| (scans deeper than SATAN or ISS) http://all.net:8080 ----------------- Read "Protection and Security on the Information Superhighway" John Wiley and Sons, 1995 ISBN 0-471-11389-1, 320 pp, $24.95 -- ----------------- \Management /\/| 216-686-0090 - PO Box 1480, Hudson, OH 44236 \ /\/ | Check out info-security heaven and test your system \/\ /\/ | for known vulnerabilities (1st time for free) at URL: \/Analytics| (scans deeper than SATAN or ISS) http://all.net:8080 ----------------- Read "Protection and Security on the Information Superhighway" John Wiley and Sons, 1995 ISBN 0-471-11389-1, 320 pp, $24.95