MY NETWORK TAP

Richard ElswickEaster Kentucky University

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OUTLINE Motivation Introduction Problem Statement Assumptions Implementation Proposed Solution Results

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MOTIVATION Networking Security Wanted to do something no one

else had. Something I thought would be

interesting.

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INTRODUCTION A passive network tap is a type

of network tap that can be implemented into a wired network.

Some of the sources that I researched were to see some of the different types of network taps.

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PROBLEM STATEMENT The main problem that I was

trying to solve was how to view network traffic and be able to find usernames and passwords.

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ASSUMPTIONS The way the tap is suppose to

work is by plugging it into the network in between the host machine and the router then view the host machines packets from another pc.

It does not retrieve every single bit of information.

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IMPLEMENTATION

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PROPOSED SOLUTION How I solved the problem

Looked what I could use to perform this function.

Found what I needed to construct the network tap.

Looked at different types of packet capture software.

Constructed the tap. Tested by performing this on my parents

computer. Verified results.

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RESULTS After building and testing the

tap I was able to view usernames and passwords over the network.

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RESULTS

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CONCLUSIONS This project helped me learn how

to properly plan for a project. The project also helped show me

that not everything is going to go the way you plan.

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FUTURE WORK One way to extend on this project

is to implement my original idea of making a wireless network tap.

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REFERENCES Karunaratne, Janitha. (2009). The

Passive Splice Network Tap. Retrieved February 2, 2013, from http://www.janitha.com/archives/146

Hak5Darren. (2011, June 6). Build a Lan Tap for Packet Sniffing, a lesson Soldering with Snubs [Video File]. Video posted to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUsJm3bwGY

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REFERENCES revision3. (2009, June 27). Get the

Most From Network Tap Analyzers - Best Of...[Video File]. Video posted to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xza86dv3II

McGuire, Ryan. (2006, January 19). Building and Ethernet Tap. Retrieved March 4, 2013, from http://www.enigmacurry.com/category/diy/

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS people.eku.edu/chandrav

/NET/Capstone_2013/capstoneProjects_2013.html.#richard