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From: Jim Nelson <james4765@verizon.net>
To: chuck@gelm.net
Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tcpdump: How do I filter 'bootp' packets?
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 17:10:45 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <41B77BE5.6000001@verizon.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41B6FDFC.3070309@gelm.net>

chuck gelm wrote:
> Howdy:
> 
>  I have cable modem access to the internet now and the download speed is
> double my original DSL speed.  :-)    However, I am concerned about
> security.
> 
>  Can other cable modem subscribers see my packets?
> 

IIRC, most modern cable modems filter anything not addressed to them - you'd have 
to hack your modem to get it to go into promiscuous mode.

It's not easy to do, and it relies on brain-dead network admins to leave some back 
doors in.

OTOH, you could probably find hardware to do just this - if you were in law 
enforcement.

>  To test this, I am trying to use tcpdump to monitor packets that my
> cable modem is sending to my 'router'.
> 
>  I am using these arguments:
> tcpdump -i eth1 -c 9 -nt not arp and not host W.X.Y.Z > \ 
> http://gelm.net/tcpdump.txt
> 
> 
>  (<W.X.Y.Z> == My assigned IP address)
> 
>  I am still seeing many 'bootp' packets.
> 
> How do filter out 'bootp' packets with tcpdump?
> 
> Regards, Chuck
> 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-12-08 22:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-12-08  2:26 right form for sources.list entries James Miller
2004-12-08  2:41 ` J.
2004-12-08  3:59   ` James Miller
2004-12-08  6:27     ` Ray Olszewski
2004-12-08 13:13       ` tcpdump: How do I filter 'bootp' packets? chuck gelm
2004-12-08 15:50         ` Ray Olszewski
2004-12-08 22:10         ` Jim Nelson [this message]
2004-12-08 22:56           ` chuck gelm

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