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Where can i learn more about TCP/IP, packet sniffing, etc.?

April 26, 2017IP learn packet sniffing TCP

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Where can i learn more about TCP/IP, packet sniffing, etc.?

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Our favorite two books on TCP/IP are Stevens’s TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 (Addison Wesley) and Hall’s Internet Core Protocols (O’Reilly). Or try searching on Sniffing FAQ. The RFCs on TCP and IP are also quite interesting and helpful. Is Carnivore spyware? Nope. Carnivore does not communicate back to any central server. Carnivore caps output at 20 packets per second. Fixed in version 2.2.3. Setting the packet volume to 20 or higher will now result in unlimited packets per second throughput from Carnivore. CarnivorePE crashes on windows service pack 2 Fixed in version 2. CarnivorePE crashes on Mac OS X Server Fixed in version 1.4.2. Can i use CarnivorePE to steal passwords/email/etc? Well probably. But you can also go rob banks, cheat, steal and do other stupid illegal shit. If stealing passwords is your lamer pastime, then please leave us out of it. Carnivore is a creative project that, while technologically invasive, is in fact respectful of existing laws and individual privacy. You