if yo either have administrative access or you compromize the access server that serves the ppp link, you could feasibly sniff traffic even if it was only travelling between the isp's shell box and the client's ppp connection. Nasty... use ssh. regards Aaron On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 09:15:28PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 10:48:47PM -0230, Edward L. Barnes wrote: > when you send data to a host which you've connected too via > > telnet it is possible for people to intercept and possibly read the data > > your sending > > Actually, I don't see how that is possible on a ppp connection. > Greg > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- +----------------------------------------------------------+ / |\ _,,,---,,_ /| / /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ / | / |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' / | / '---''(_/--' `-'\_) / | +----------------------------------------------------------+ | | Aaron Howell Kitten Internet | | | aaron at kitten.net.au Internet consultancy, | | | Phone: +61-417-625550 System administration, | | | fax: +61-7-36010099 system design/integration. | | | icq: 6715521 http://www.kitten.net.au | | | | | | | + | | / | | / | | / | |/ +----------------------------------------------------------+
