[Year 12 IPM] student hackers

[McDonald, Debra A1]

I have found an old email about sniffer tools at a school and was wondering=
 what is the name of the sniffer tool that has been found at your schools...
 
 
Debra McDonald
Network Manager
Lyndhurst Secondary College
Cranbourne
(03) 5996 0144
 
 
From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Royce Williams
Sent: Fri 20/10/06 5:20 PM
To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'Mailin=
gList
Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Student Hacking


I have had one of my students demonstrate to me a very easy to use network s=
niffing tool.
It was able to read in clear text any contents of external emails arriving a=
t and leaving our exchange server.
It even captured and read attachments
It cannot read internal exchange traffic. (yet)
 
It will also read http traffic .. show you what is on the page being looked=
 and see passwords typed in.
 
has this become an issue for others yet .. are there ways of protecting your=
 traffic etc.
 
 
 

Royce Williams 
Manager Information Technology 
Billanook College 
197-199 Cardigan Rd 
Mooroolbark 3138 
Victoria Australia 
Tel: 61-3-9725 5388; Fax: 61-3-9725 8556 

 

 

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