I would like unbiased reviews, good and bad. Mostly, what features did you like and what were missing. Also, I am sure I may have missed a few companies that offer similiar solutions and if you know of any of them, please email me. I would like feedback on this, Thank you. This Sniffer FAQ will hopefully give administrators a clear understanding of sniffing problems and hopefully possible solutions to follow up with.
Sniffers is one of the main causes of mass break-ins on the Internet today.
What a sniffer is and how it works Unlike telephone circuits, computer networks are shared communication channels. Sharing means that computers can receive information that was intended for other machines. To capture the information going over the network is called sniffing. Most popular way of connecting computers is through ethernet. Ethernet protocal works by sending packet information to all the hosts on the same circuit.