Silence on the Wire

Chapter 3. Ten Heads of the Hydra

Where we explore several other tempting scenarios that occur very early on in the process of communications

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In Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, I discussed two distinct information disclosure scenarios that occur as a result of brilliant, but in the end poorly thought out, attempts to make computers either more functional or easier to maintain. The passive snooping vectors these design decisions open are buried deep beneath the actual implementation and provide a fascinating insight into the earliest threats to processed information.

On the other hand, the exposure is naturally limited to the physical or logical proximity of the environment monitored. Although a nearly endless number of information disclosure possibilities ...