The way I understand it, Ethernet was designed so that hosts only "listen" to traffic that is intentionally aimed at them. Malicious users can set their host's connection to promiscuous mode, and ...

A few years ago I tried my hand at hacking and whatnot. I got ahold of some packet sniffing programs and tried to sniff out packets meant for others. It never happened. I was not able to sniff ...

If you run any type of network infrastructure there will come a time you need a low-level packet sniffer to work out just what is going on. Colasoft's Capsa product challenges the myth these tools ...

Sniffers are tools — sometimes referred to as network analyzers — commonly used for monitoring network traffic. The term packet sniffing refers to the technique of copying individual packets as they ...