On Wednesday 24 February 2010 04:23:58 am Andreas Raab wrote:
> http://www.wireshark.org/
> 
> 'nuff said. An hour in promiscuous mode on a public network will likely 
> be enough to net you a couple of "interesting" passwords. If you write a 
> custom filter that just greps for "Authorization: Basic" you can watch 
> those passwords in real-time
Please don't even try this.

Decoding passwords on a public network without authorization could run foul of 
local laws in many countries. Technical feasibility or academic interest is 
not sufficient excuse.

Subbu