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> Packet sniffing was created for the AAs I'm pretty sure tcpdump predates Napster and any involvement of the AAs in the workings of the Internet...
by tincholio 8y ago
> Packet sniffing was created for the AAs
I'm pretty sure tcpdump predates Napster and any involvement of the AAs in the workings of the Internet...
- intended 8y agoNope - as I recall that was the ISPs defense “we don’t know what people are sharing since we can’t look into packets”
- tincholio 8y agoThe first version of tcpdump dates from '88[0]. And I'm not sure it was even the first sniffer out there, quite likely not. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcpdump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcpdump