- Legit: debugging/monitoring. Other legit uses are theoretically possible but the device has severe limitations that likely make them impractical or unwise.
- Surreptitious: This is clearly where the value proposition of this device lies. An optic could be "unknowingly" swapped out on an interesting link to snoop on or infiltrate a network.
Swapping out optics in a large network is not uncommon as they do fail. More often they are swapped out as a troubleshooting step where the original optic may not even be bad. This way log messages indicating link flap and replacement of an optic could likely go unnoticed.
- Legit: debugging/monitoring. Other legit uses are theoretically possible but the device has severe limitations that likely make them impractical or unwise.
- Surreptitious: This is clearly where the value proposition of this device lies. An optic could be "unknowingly" swapped out on an interesting link to snoop on or infiltrate a network.
Swapping out optics in a large network is not uncommon as they do fail. More often they are swapped out as a troubleshooting step where the original optic may not even be bad. This way log messages indicating link flap and replacement of an optic could likely go unnoticed.