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Re: Packet sniffing & regular users



s. keeling wrote:
> Do you understand what "anyone can see anything" really means?  Have
> you pumped tcpdump output into ethereal lately?
>
> "anyone can see anything" really means "anyone can see anything".
> Think about it.  And what's the real reason why you don't want to
> bother with sudo?
I'm curious, but what's wrong with letting them sniff all hardware interfaces
(i.e. not lo)? Any passwords or confidential data should be encrypted anyway
when sent over a cable/wire or in the air.

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