Word: sniffer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Osterberg said the most recent incident involved the installation of a "packet sniffer" on the local network to monitor the traffic, which includes login names and passwords...
...intruder had set up a "packet sniffer"--a network tool that monitors all the traffic of a local network. This particular "sniffer" had access to only a small section of the Sever Hall building, not the entire Harvard network...
...hacker ran a program over the Internet that gave him root, or universal, access to my machine. This allowed the hacker to start a packet sniffer to gather people's Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) passwords when they logged into the network," the resident said...
...resident stopped the packet sniffer program Sunday night and notified FAS Computer Services Monday morning. In turn, Computer Services then ordered the re-authentication process. Any Eliot residents who were logged on to the same portion of the network as the hacker received an explanatory note explaining the breach the next time they telnetted to the FAS network...
...plastic surgery are not absolutely predictable. My father often spoke of a doctor cousin who, having decided to try his hand at beautifying noses, did a few teenagers successfully and then, after unwrapping the bandages of an older patient, watched in horror as the tip of the gorgeous new sniffer slowly began to droop toward the patient's chin...