Management Of Information Security
Management Of Information Security
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781337405713
Author: WHITMAN, Michael.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 12, Problem 13RQ
Program Plan Intro

Packet sniffer:

A packet sniffer is a part of hardware that observers network traffic by inspecting data packets flowing between computers. This permits the sniffer to grab everything that is flowing in the network which can lead to the illegal access of delicate data.

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