Monday, June 30, 2008

Information Security Around The House : Part 2 : Packet Sniffers

Packet Sniffers

From the Wikipedia Article on Packet Sniffers:
A packet sniffer (also known as a network sniffer, network analyzer or protocol analyzer or, for particular types of networks, an Ethernet sniffer or wireless sniffer) is computer software or computer hardware that can intercept and log traffic passing over a digital network or part of a network. As data streams flow across the network, the sniffer captures each packet and eventually decodes and analyzes its content according to the appropriate RFC or other specifications.

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