In one of my classes, a discussion came up about the usefulness of sniffers in today's networks. If you're the type that thinks they're still important, what for? What issues do they solve that can't ...

Word from Network Associates last week that it is selling its Sniffer management tools business to narrow its focus on network security runs counter to an industry trend to tighten security and ...

Sniffers are tools — sometimes referred to as network analyzers — commonly used for monitoring network traffic. The term packet sniffing refers to the technique of copying individual packets as they ...

Network Associates released a hardware appliance and updated software on Tuesday that will extend the reach of that company’s Sniffer network traffic management technology from remote users into data ...

Did you need a real network analyzer, or just something to sniff packets once in a while?<BR><BR>Something free like Ethereal is great for light use, but Sniffer by Network Associates (yes, it is a ...

Just a few short years ago, an IDS was a luxury. Before the rise of the Web application and the worm, most networks were adequately defended by a firewall at the perimeter and a virus scanner at the ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Differing from traditional network models, Sniffer ...

The tools known as network sniffers are named after a product called the Sniffer Network Analyzer. Introduced in 1988 by Network General Corp. (now Network Associates Inc.), the Sniffer was one of the ...