Re: possible network attack question
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Ouellette <pouellet@eng.utoledo.edu>
To: 'G. Kapetanios' <gk205@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Cc: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Thursday, 12 March 1998 01:05:pm
Subject: RE: possible network attack question
>George,
>[humor mode on]
>To do a network sniff one must procure a very long piece of network >cable.
Using you left hand raise the cable to your face just below >you nose (about
mustache height). Now inhale with extreme vigor.
>[humor mode off]
>The only product I've ever user for sniffing is from a company called
>Network General. The product is named Sniffer. If has a bunch of
>features to view packets (and capture them) off the network without >anyone
knowing. A really neat product for computer / network >engineers - almost a
must have. You can accomplish your goal by >finding a package that detects
the error and can display the devices >physical network address (MAC address
in networking terms). I >haven't looked in Linux for such tools - maybe in
the network utilities >area (someone help me out here).
>Hopefully someone will come to the rescue with a package. I will >look for
a package and let you know when I find one.
Have a look at a new package uploaded into hamm this week called iptraf. It
might do what you need.
John
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