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Re: Some very strange network behaviors

  • From: Mike Lewinski
  • Date: Thu Sep 11 09:22:52 2003 
Christopher Bird wrote:
This seems strange to me since they are arriving at an IP address that
is different from mine.
That's the function of a hub, and the reason why you don't ever want to send out sensitive information in plaintext. Your neighbor in the next room over could run a packet sniffer and capture your logins.