White hat IT Posted July 31 So I Haven't Worked With The Packet Squirrel But From My Understanding It's Just Connecting 2 Ethernet cords together. So It's A Very Dangerous Tool. I Install Cat6 For Avigilon Cameras Internet Phones Etc . I Talked To My Company About A Safe Way To Install The Cables Next Time. The Way We Were Installing It Was Just Move Ceiling Tile Grab The Cat6 Wire Cut It Into 2 pieces and connect the packet squirrel between the client and the switch. But Now I Think I'm Just Over Reacting? I'd Hate To Do More Work Just To Be "Safe" When It's Not A Problem ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PixL Posted August 1 Maybe just make sure your packets are encrypted? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave-ee Jones Posted August 1 On 8/1/2018 at 3:08 AM, White hat IT said: The Way We Were Installing It Was Just Move Ceiling Tile Grab The Cat6 Wire Cut It Into 2 pieces and connect the packet squirrel between the client and the switch. Was this for your own network or for a client (or multiple clients)? Bear in mind it limits the network to the client and switch to 100 Mbps, down from probably 1 Gbps assumedly, since you're using higher-end cabling. That's 9/10 of your network speed gone just to install a PS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
White hat IT Posted August 2 5 hours ago, Dave-ee Jones said: Was this for your own network or for a client (or multiple clients)? Bear in mind it limits the network to the client and switch to 100 Mbps, down from probably 1 Gbps assumedly, since you're using higher-end cabling. That's 9/10 of your network speed gone just to install a PS. It Depends Who The Customer Is Usually There From 6-120 PCs APs Network Printers Etc connected to a network switch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave-ee Jones Posted August 2 So why are you installing Packet Squirrels in a business environment, then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
White hat IT Posted August 6 On 8/2/2018 at 6:15 PM, Dave-ee Jones said: So why are you installing Packet Squirrels in a business environment, then? I Was Just Giving And Example On How Easy It Would Be For Someone To Install Packet Squirrel Also What If Someone Installs It On A Network Camera Or Printer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave-ee Jones Posted August 7 10 hours ago, White hat IT said: Also What If Someone Installs It On A Network Camera Or Printer? Then they can sniff the packets going to/from the device. Just like a computer end-device. Depending on how heavily encrypted the camera traffic is you could potentially re-create the feed from the PS. (Psst, @Sebkinne, imagine the PS having a radio so you can send that traffic off and watch the feed remotely...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
