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Originally Posted by Wildie
but what is it listening for ?
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the kit we use, uses this passive mode to monitor traffic volume and network strends, it can also archive, IM traffic, emails and lots of other scary stuff it is mainly used to demo to clients just what is going on on their networks.
the scary mode of the kit we use is transparent, you stick it in the line and the network cards do not have mac addresses or IP addresses, it can then inspect, listen, block traffic, (i must add the kit does not add anything as it is firewall / content filter / traffic shaping kit)
with a small agent on a pc it can even tell you the apps listening on what port, inventory hardware and software and many more scary things
peter