On Tuesday 25 September 2001 10:01, you wrote:
> tisdagen den 25 september 2001 08.09 skrev du:
> > Oden Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Is "drakxtools_http" setting the ethx interface in promiscous mode and
> > > why?
> >
> > AFAIK it doesn't. Why this question?
>
> Hmm, sometimes I noticed 3 or 4 lines saying something like "eth0: setting
> promiscous mode" when running "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart"
>
> I can't seem to reproduce this...
>
> But I also sometimes get this:
>
> [root@oden root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
> Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ]
> Setting network parameters: [ OK ]
> Bringing up interface lo: [ OK ]
> Bringing up interface eth0: task `ip' exit_signal 17 in reparent_to_init
>
>
> Sorry for the noise.
I does that when using 'snort' snort puts the nic in promiscuos mode to
check for violations, it checks ALL the trafic. (I think) ;-)
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