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- From: guenther@stolaf.edu (Philip A Guenther)
- Subject: Re: Detecting an Ethernet Tap
- In-Reply-To: rick@postmaster@hq.af.mil's message of 9 Nov 92 14:36:59 GMT
- Message-ID: <GUENTHER.92Nov9175156@amcl5.stolaf.edu>
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- Organization: Academic Computing Center, St. Olaf College
- References: <12914@hq.hq.af.mil>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 17:51:56
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- In article <12914@hq.hq.af.mil> rick@postmaster@hq.af.mil writes:
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- Does anyone know of any software available that will detect a
- tap of an ethernet cable? Assmuming that this is possible.
-
- I am looking at the ability to detect a tap in an ethernet cable and
- have the software notify a network admin. We have etherhostprobe, which
- works fine after the fact, but I am looking for something that monitors
- the line and detects a tap or new device in real time.
-
- I am a novice at the physical aspects of ethernet. i.e., I am not
- sure if it is even possible to detect such a thing. I assume that it is
- possible to detect a voltage drop across the line or something similar.
- Or perhaps detect new ethernet packets as soon as they hit the wire.
-
- Does anyone know of any products or methods for doing this sort of thing?
-
- You may want to check up on TDR's, that is, Time Delay Reflectometers.
- There things send a pulse down the line and listen for echos off of
- tee's and improper terminations and stuff. They're primarily a
- maintainernce tool to find breaks, but they *might* be able to detect
- another host as another 'blip'. You would have to have one on the
- line sending a pulse every 10 sec or whatever delta t is small enough
- for security and large enough to get 'real' packets through...
-
- Philip Guenther
-
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- guenther@stolaf.edu (Philip Guenther) | The ACC might agree with me,
- Student Sys Prog, Academic Computing Center | but with that bunch, (and me)
- St Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057-1001 | you never know... :-) :-| :-(
- "Life makes sense? LIFE MAKES SENSE!!? Where do people get these ideas?"-me
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