Tactics to Discover “Passive” Monitoring Devices

9/29/00


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Table of Contents

Tactics to Discover “Passive” Monitoring Devices

The Problem at Hand

How Systems Know What to Listen To

Passive Wiretapping (solsniff, ethersniff sample)

Passive Wiretapping (NFS Handles sample)

Passive Wiretapping (SMB sample)

Older 95 / 98 File Sharing

Traffic and Pattern Analysis

Ether and IP Headers

The Disconnect

DNS Method Definition

DNS Method 1 Sniffing the Sniffer

DNS Method 2 Queries to DNS Server

DNS Method Pros and Cons

Ether Tricks Definition

Ether Tricks 1 Linux Classic

Ether Tricks 1 linux (cont)

Ether Tricks 1 linux (cont)

Ether Tricks 2 BSD Style Problems

Ether Tricks 3 Microsoft Shortcut

Ether Tricks Pros and Cons

Machine Latency defined

Machine Latency example

Machine Latency example

Machine Latency example

Machine Latency example (non-addressable interface)

Machine Latency Methods for increasing end-node processing

Machine Latency Pros and Cons

Spotting the curious

Author: Mudge