Sniffing Around Hubs
Sniffing on a network that has hubs installed is a dream for any packet analyst. As you learned earlier, traffic sent through a hub is sent to every port connected to that hub. Therefore, to analyze a computer on a hub, all you have to do is plug in a packet sniffer to an empty port on the hub, and you can see all communication to and from all computers connected to that hub. As illustrated in Figure 2-2, your visibility window is limitless when your sniffer is connected to a hub network.
Figure 2-2. Sniffing on a hub network provides a limitless visibility window.
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The visibility window, as shown in various diagrams throughout ...
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