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How to prevent sniifer on a LAN?
Name: tcanvn Date: May 16, 2002 at 20:38:14 Pacific
Comment:
Hello everyone, Who know how to prevent the sniffer programs on the LAN? How can I configure my network that don't allow the users use their sniffer program for catching password?
1. Company computers only. 2. Company policy against sniffers. 3. Company policy to withhold retirement benefits, suspension, and/or termination.
4. Company policy to sue for damages. 5. Keyboard loggers. 6. Cameras. 7. Great network backup program.
8. Buy a router like the netgear fr314 which has a set number of user licenses and fill them all up. Give all the computers static ips preferrably in the 192.168.197.27 to 192.168.197.46 range with a gateway of 192.168.117.244. So if you pop out a computer, you will have to use/guess that ip address and gateway.
9. Use switches instead of hubs (Hubs broadcast to all computers, switches just one) and more separate routers (secure {internal} and non secure [external] LANS)
In addition, you might consider encrypting the data sent to/from PCs on your LAN....will cause more network traffic, but anything a sniffer might get should be encrypted.
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Response Number 3
Name: zippy Date: May 17, 2002 at 11:02:01 Pacific
Reply:
you can run something like antisniff to scan your network for nics running in promiscuous mode.
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