<p>Potential <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Weaknesses#Packet_sniffing" rel="noreferrer">packet sniffing weakness</a> has been described on the Weakness Wiki page. It states that an attacker that can see all of our internet traffic can pick up which transactions originate from our machine, thus figure out what Addresses we have in our Wallet. What are the ways one can secure one's Bitcoin Client from such an attack?</p>

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How to secure one's Bitcoin Client from packet sniffing?
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# How to secure one's Bitcoin Client from packet sniffing?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-04-07)

Potential [packet sniffing weakness](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Weaknesses#Packet_sniffing) has been described on the Weakness Wiki page. It states that an attacker that can see all of our internet traffic can pick up which transactions originate from our machine, thus figure out what Addresses we have in our Wallet. What are the ways one can secure one's Bitcoin Client from such an attack?

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