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Even if you're doing nothing, the OS and many applications may be
communicating in the background.
Charles
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 4:41 PM, John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Quoting David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:--
Charles Wilt wrote:
In all fairness, this risk is lower now than it used to be due to the
use of network switches.
Explain that to an auditor.
If they are raising flags because of unencrypted authentication on
your network ... then the presence of a switch (instead of a hub)
isn't going to mater one iota.
david
I have an application on my computer at work called NetPerSec. It
shows network
activity, at some level. It was my understanding (since I don't work with the
networking part) that we used several switches. So, why do I see network
activity with this program? Am I not actually connected via a switch? I can
sit here, do nothing, and watch the activity change over time.
John McKee
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