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Penetration Testing: Re: How to sniff packets from afar?

Re: How to sniff packets from afar?

From: Penetration Testing <pentest_at_infosecure.com.au>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 08:56:04 -0800 (GMT+8)

On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Shawn Duffy wrote:

> [snip]
> I was wondering if any knows of a way to sniff packets from either his
> VPN tunnel connections or traffic through his firewall when you cannot
> connect directly in between his ISP and router.

If you can own his router you may be able to capture traffic from it and
tunnel it back to your machine. I believe that this was discussed in
Phrack about 2 or 3 issues back.

> I was told it is possible, but I don't see how. Also, would anyone know
> how to tap a T1 line from a dmark without disrupting service and without
> knowing the parameters?

You would want to be careful with this. Even if your friend provides you
with authorisation it would probably constitute wiretap and could land you
in a heap of trouble with the local authorities (and the carrier).

Just my $0.04 AUD worth...

Dave Taylor

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