There are some scaling issues involved here, as well as problems when you
start running switched networks. Back in my Erol's days...
My routers certainly couldn't handle logging the several hundred M/second
passing through their interfaces, and the LANs were all switched, making
sniffing there nearly impossible. This doesn't mean that we were
weaponless against hackers, just that we limited the scope of where we were
looking for what (as well as where people could do what).
(I still want to get together some time with all you Bay Area folks out
there if anyone is interested, mail me and I'll try and coordinate).
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