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Re:How to track your coworkers – Simple passive network surv... by JakeSc on Friday October 31, 2014 @06:18PM (#8541378)
Good post, but is pinging the broadcast address really "passive network surveillance"? My definition of "passive" involves never sending new network traffic.
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Re:How to track your coworkers – Simple passive network surv... by MiguelHudnandez on Friday October 31, 2014 @06:21PM (#8541382)
Yes, this is definitely an active scan. However, hooking in to DHCP syslogs would still be passive. It's nice that the author provided an active alternative in cases where you might not have access to the DHCP logs.
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