Some very strange network behaviors

Mike Lewinski mike at rockynet.com
Thu Sep 11 13:20:22 UTC 2003


Christopher Bird wrote:

> This seems strange to me since they are arriving at an IP address that
> is different from mine. 

That's the function of a hub, and the reason why you don't ever want to 
send out sensitive information in plaintext. Your neighbor in the next 
room over could run a packet sniffer and capture your logins.




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