[Jeff Parker <jparker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I have asked permission more than once to offer this kind
> > of class: ... the university has been to concerned 
>
> We have an isolated lab for doing this. Students get an assignment
> where they have to sniff packets and do a couple of things involving
> hubs, switches and routers. We are using Ethereal with both W2K and
> Linux. The courses are mandatory for many students so quite a big
> percentage of our department's (Department of IT) students have to
> take the lab.
> 
> Heikki Vatiainen                  * hessu@xxxxxxxxx

Our university is also happy with this model.

The irony is that the students can get Ethereal for
themselves, arm their own laptop, and then go 
fishing for passwords in the dorm.  

- jeff parker
- axiowave networks