Re: Need a sniffer/password capture to prove telnet is bad

From: Alex Evonosky (alex_at_alexevon.org)
Date: 11/23/04

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    Edward Croft wrote:
    > I have a user I am trying to convince to quit using telnet. I have told
    > him that his password can be sniffed and that would expose his system.
    > He laughs and tells me that no one can get his password. So he threw
    > down the gauntlet for me to get his password. He telnets into his home
    > machine from work and I want to capture that, so what I am looking for
    > is something that can be run from my machine, listen to his here at work
    > and capture his home password without knowing explicitly the address of
    > that home machine. Any suggestions. I just tried to build dsniff, but it
    > failed. It would be beneficial to prove this to him. Since I am not a
    > hacker I am not fully aware of these sniffers and how they function. Not
    > even sure what I am looking for. I assume it is possible otherwise we
    > wouldn't be trying to get people to not use telnet and ftp.
    > Thanks in advance.

    Ethereal can capture that just fine in promisc mode... 

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