CS 141 Homework Assignment #14

In class graded exercise   
Most students finished this exercise in class #12 on 5/12/2008.

The objective of this homework is 
   1. to learn to use the Wireshark packet analyzer under Linux
   2. to understand network packets
   3. to understand the danger of packet sniffing and plain text

Make sure you have an empty-vm dir in your local disk.
 if not, follow home work 13 to copy it.
  Start VMware player
   with the knoppix CD inserted

make sure you can telnet to unix01.sac.edu from knoppix.
 if not, try telnet 10.196.15.18
  else signal instructor to come over.

K menu
 Internet
  Wireshark (as root) network analyzer
   capture
    interfaces
     eth0 options
      packet filter: host unix01.sac.edu
                 or: host 10.196.15.18
       start (capture)

 from a cmd line under knoppix,
  telnet unix01.sac.edu
   do login with your login and password
    stop the packet capture
     find your password in the packets.
      Each input char is usually in a different packet,
       usually at the end of the packet.

To get credit for this exercise,
 show the instructor the packets with your password.