Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 21:24:13 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freebsd.org> To: Annelise Anderson <ANDRSN@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU> Cc: julian@ref.tfs.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ethernet packet sniffer. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960117211958.18361A-100000@Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM> In-Reply-To: <01I04ED7J0MA00AKNQ@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU>
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On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Annelise Anderson wrote: > It sounds like the sys admin--or anyone with root privileges--can > read absolutely everything going on--all e-mail in and out, all > keyboard activity, and so forth. Is this right? Thanks well, yes! considering that the sysadmin can read any file, considering that any knowledgeable user can turn a pc into a sniffer and log sessions, considering that e-mail travels the internet in the clear (like a postcard, no envelope, apologies to phil zimmerman for abusing hisanalogy), if you have sensitive data use encryption. or better yet keep off of multi-user systems. take a look at the man pages for ssh and the docs for pgp Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG play go. ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life i am moving to a new job. PLEASE USE: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG
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