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Re: [opensuse-project] Does this mean OpenSUSE will be dropping Wireshark?
- From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 01:00:18 +0200 (CEST)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706010057430.27394@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The Thursday 2007-05-31 at 14:35 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Wireshark is a passive analyzer / sniffer, right? If so, then I wouldn't
> think it would come under the provisions of this law.
Mmmm...
It could be used to sniff passwords going in clear on a network, or
sniffing private data like email being sent/received, and use that info to
tailor a social engineering attack.
Yep, wait and see... we can only idle-talk.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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The Thursday 2007-05-31 at 14:35 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Wireshark is a passive analyzer / sniffer, right? If so, then I wouldn't
> think it would come under the provisions of this law.
Mmmm...
It could be used to sniff passwords going in clear on a network, or
sniffing private data like email being sent/received, and use that info to
tailor a social engineering attack.
Yep, wait and see... we can only idle-talk.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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