On Tue, 02 May 2000, you wrote:
> I've been getting this security warning for the past few weeks.
> May 2 11:03:01 charm : Security warning : eth0 is in promiscuous mode.
> May 2 11:03:01 charm : A sniffer is probably running on your system.
>
> 1> How can I tell if eth0 is currently in promiscuous mode?
> 2> How can I tell what program is making it run in p mode?
> 3> The network connection for this machine has been messed up..
> i.e. While running a ftp server the outbound connections slow down to
> a crawl
> every so often... I get disconnected from home while using ssh... Could this
> p mode be causing this??
>
> 4> How can I fix this without reloading the whole system??
>
Have you got your system set up to let you know when other
systems are added to the local network? (Sorry...forget
what that config is...) If so, your system is in
"promiscuous" mode.
John
