On (01 Dec 02) Jerry Schwartz wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello Jerry,

 FV> Still, in an IP connection with Fidonet, isn't this a direct
 FV> connection if my system "calls" your system? I mean, we
would be port
 FV> to port with only our two ISPs in between... much the same as crash
 FV> mail? As long as the passwords (security) are in place, the mail is
 FV> secure... at least as much as is possible?

 JS> Technically, it is easier to eavesdrop on IP traffic than voice
 JS> traffic but it isn't really easy to snoop on someone in particular
 JS> unless you have access to a point on the route (which could change
 JS> continually).

 JS> Hanging out as I do on the user side of a cable modem, I don't see
 JS> anyone else's traffic. If I could punch my way into a router
 JS> somewhere, I could potentially snoop on all of the traffic passing
 JS> through it.

Yes, but what would you see in regards to Fidonet?? A connect to some
domain on port 24455 with something that made less sense to you than
an encrypted e-mail? I guess there are "hops" in the connection, I
don't know?

I suppose that you could see who connected to who as far as IP
addresses, but that's about it?


Frank

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