full-disclosure - how to bypass rogue machine detection techniques

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Message-ID: <s2d4e1a4.005@mail.smuht.nwest.nhs.uk>
Date: Wed Jul 13 09:41:01 2005
From: Marek.Isalski at smuht.nwest.nhs.uk (Marek Isalski)
Subject: how to bypass rogue machine detection techniques

> If you just implement
> 802.1x or as you first mentioned, some kind of port scanning, then
> you would never be able to detect a person with a =93receive=94 only
> cable connected to you switch.

Surely this isn't a problem on a switched network (unless your
broadcast traffic is sensitive)?  There might be a few packets of
interest that you do see, but only while the switches learn MAC
addresses.

Marek