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On Thursday 15 December 2005 10:08 pm, Grant wrote: |
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> > > > How can I see what is happening as far as traffic on my unencrypted |
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> > > > network? |
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> > > |
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> > > tcpdump |
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> > ntop is a good network summary program too. Works good if you can run it |
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> > on your default gateway machine. tcpdump is pretty cool for sure. |
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> The network is just run from a router. No server on which I can run |
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> that stuff. Is there anything I can use from my workstation which is |
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> connected to the network? |
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You can run it on your workstation as well and you will see broadcast traffic |
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and traffic going to your computer. If you are on a hub, you should see all |
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traffic connected to the hub. |
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> > > > How can I keep my own http traffic private? |
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> > > |
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> > > Use https instead. IPSec is another option, if supported. Also, |
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> > > traffic is normally only passed along the links between you and the |
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> > > server, unless there's some hub between you can them. |
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> > > |
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> > > You may be able to anonymize normal http by using tor. I think freenet |
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> > > also provides some level of anonymity and encryption for http, but I've |
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> > > never used it. |
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> > You can only use https on servers that support it. The question is too |
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> > vague to answer without specifying from who do you want to keep the data |
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> > private? Just people on your local network? Your ISP? Your boss? The http |
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> > servers? |
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> I'm only trying to keep the data private from the other people on the |
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> local network. |
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Who administrates your router and/or network? What kind of router is it? Are |
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you using a swtich? Assuming you have a basic network setup using a simple |
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switch and a simple router you would generally be private for outgoing http |
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traffic unless there is someone sophisticated enough to be running something |
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like ettercap to confuse the switch. |
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If you have no idea and if you have a remote computer you can connect to for |
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browsing (maybe something at your home or elsewhere) you can remote control |
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into it (using ssh tunnels for encryption) and then browse privately from |
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that machine. |
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Are you expecting the other hosts on your network to be monitoring your http |
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traffic? If there is some suspected method of them monitoring you it may |
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require a specific technique to avoid their monitoring. |
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In any case, where does "gentoo" fall into this whole deal? This is a gentoo |
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list. |
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