In message <7055B446C24AD2118CC000805F156594022B67EBat_private>, "Crumrine, Gary L" writes: >After wearing out my fingers during a heated conversation with another >colleague over legalities of certain actions, a question came up in my mind >concerning sniffers and their usage. > >If a sniffer was placed on the outside of a given network, and was >configured to sniff packets coming from that network only, does this >constitute an illegal wire tap? And do the same rules apply to data as they >do voice? In some cases it transits the same copper wire... ouch I am >getting a headache.. > > As always, it depends... What network? An ISP network? A corporate net? A (U.S.) government net? I put my best guess into the Firewalls book, but I'm not a lawyer. You should consult one if this is a serious question, *especially* for government agencies. --Steve Bellovin
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