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 ever need network sniffing help or expertise, Laura is one of the best in the world. Great in person. Great speaker. I highly recommend any of her books, podcasts, and tutorials. Her web site, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The USB-KW24D512 (841-USB-KW24D512) is a Packet Sniffer or Dongle from Freescale featuring dual personal area network (PAN) support in hardware. It runs two RF networks simultaneously with active and ...

A protocol analyzer is a software tool that tunes into packets of data as they move across networks. Properly used, it can help demonstrate why secure software is a good idea and can help secure ...

As cybersecurity threats become more sophisticated, organizations need a way to quickly detect and stop an attack or track and analyze its after-effects for clues. One important tool available to ...

The tools known as network sniffers are named after a product called the Sniffer Network Analyzer. Introduced in 1988 by Network General Corp. (now Network Associates Inc.), the Sniffer was one of the ...

Network General’s Sniffer Portable was a bit difficult to install, but when we conquered the demons, we found that there have been numerous changes to the product. Network General’s Sniffer Portable ...