Hello, Frank...

Dec 01, 2002 at 09:32, Frank Vest wrote to Jerry Schwartz:

 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?

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

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

Regards,

Jerry Schwartz

mailto:jerryschwartz{at}comfortable.com
http://www.writebynight.com

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