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Originally posted by tokaok
also make note that anything you send (tfp post etc) are sent as pure simple text and can be looked at from ANY computer in your sourouding network.
how the tcp/ip network works is in this manner.
your send your nice tfp post talking about who knows what. your actually just sending a small letter to EVERY ONE in your sourrouding network then every one checks if its for them(if its not they normally disregard). then the gateway picks it up and reads its and passes it on to tfp.org for posting.
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This was easier with the old skool Hub networks but now with switches being dropping in price and being far safer, it has now become harder for everyone on the network to read all the packets because a switch opens a direct connection between itself and the computer its contacting as opposed to just dumping the packet on the network and letting it find its way.
Although admin can set up the switches to send the packets to the intended recipient plus their own computer. THis is probably what they are doing to monitor the traffic.