netmon caused a bit of a stir for microsoft it since networks and e-mail were not encrypted at the time. only a few software engineers had access to hardware analyzers due to their cost, but with netmon many engineers around the company had access to network traffic for free. at the request of microsoft it, two simple identification features were added - a non-cryptographic password and an identification protocol named the bloodhound-oriented network entity (bone) (created and named by raymond patch as a play on the codename "bloodhound").