5 Jun
2016
5 Jun
'16
16:35
On 06/05/2016 10:01 AM, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 06/04/2016 10:19 PM, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
A hub can act as a cheap tap to monitor network traffic. I used one with Snort on the Internet facing side of a broadband router to see what the firewall was keeping at bay. A switch can't do that.
A real tap is much more expensive.
Thank you Jeffrey, for that nice, simply example showing a realistic context!
However, as I pointed out last night, a cheap gigibit managed switch cost $20 less than the hub I bought years ago and can do the job better. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org