Re: Reading all the packets from NIC

From: Peter (Cefur_at_email.si)
Date: 12/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:43:59 +0100

Oh guys ... you are way into it. There will be no taping into backbone or
anything like that. Just an ordinary ADSL connection (currently 1MB
download). I didn't even know that there exists promiscuous mode ... so this
is probably too much (maybe in later stages when the basic stuff will work
as it should).

Maarten: the technical part is where I need much help. So if it is easy for
you ... I am listening! ;-)

About the backbone ... if there won't be enough traffic to his NIC through
regular "ways" then I will make some automatic browsing activities. There
are also other possibilities, visitor can surf the net and also with that
influence the art ... and so on.

But first I have to solve the technical part ... after that there will be
the "fun" part. Where he can do what he want. You never know what is in the
artists mind. Those are misterious ways. ;-)))

Thx.

"Maarten Wiltink" <maarten@kittensandcats.net> wrote in message
news:41beab16$0$559$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> "Nicholas Sherlock" <n_sherlock@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cpl770$hlv$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
>> Peter wrote:
>
>>> I have a friend that is an artist. He would like to do an
>>> "instalation" where internet is controling his "masterpiece".
>>> Controling monitors, lights, etc. For that he would like to
>>> capture every packet from internet and then send it to some
>>> specific computer which would control the monitor or lights,
>>> .... Of course the receiving computer has to also intercept
>>> every packet that he receives.
>>
>> His computer will only receive the packets that it itself requests
>> from computers on other networks. Is this what you want?
>
> Not necessarily. Put your network interface in promiscuous mode and
> it will catch anything on the wire. Tap into a backbone wire at a
> major ISP and you will catch rather more traffic than you wished for.
>
> The technical part is easy; personally I foresee most problems trying
> to convince a major ISP to let you at their backbone wires. They may be
> ever so maecenistically-minded, but they're going to be *very* careful
> about not breaking their production infrastructure.
>
> Groetjes,
> Maarten Wiltink
>
>