From: R. Coyote (coyyote@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Apr 29 2002 - 17:56:07 MDT
I wonder how I can put my DSL modem into promiscuous mode
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Clemmensen" <dgc@cox.rr.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 4:07 PM
Subject: IP sniffing (was:Re: Whaaa...?)
> Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> > anschau.ez@terra.com.br wrote:
> >
> >>Is it legal to eaves drop data in America/UK ?
> >>
> >
> > The law is pretty clear that you can listen in to any conversation that
> > comes to your phone. A TCP/IP network is really just a modern version of
> > the old 'Party Line' phone system, where several residences were on the
> > same phone line, calls for each being distinguished by the pattern of
> > rings. Today, the 'pattern of rings' is distinguished by your IP
> > address, but packets addressed to other IP addresses assigned by your
> > local ISP can be sniffed right off of your dial-up phone line or full
> > time broadband connection.
>
>
>
> This is incorrect. Only your own packets are delivered to you on your
> dial-up or DSL connection, and all modern Cable systems only your modem
> can decrypt your packets on the RF side, and only you packets are
> delivered by the modem to your LAN.
>
> > ... If you are attached directly to the backbone,
> > you can sniff any and all packets that pass along that backbone.
>
>
> This is true, sort of. But essentially all modern backbone connections
> are point-to-point between routers belonging to major ISPs or carriers,
> who can tap the traffic in the router.
>
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