On Tuesday 14 September 2004 08:50 pm, Chris wrote: > The source is super easy to install, it has its own install script, takes > about two minutes to run through the complete installation. By the way, I > was going to start another thread but since we're on the subject of root > killer, it reports that I'm in promiscuous mode, what the hell is that and > how do I get out of it? I've googled and googled/linux and I've never > really found a good answer. I'm not running any servers, that I'm aware > of.
If you are running an intrusion detection system, such as Snort, the application itself will put the ethernet device into promiscuous mode so that it can listen to all communication attempts to know when you are being probed and attacked. Network sniffers, some port sentry applications, network usage monitors, etc. all require the ethernet device to be in promiscuous mode in order to monitor communications. The only warning attached to a device being switched to promiscuous mode is that a sniffer may have been surreptiously loaded onto your system. Check to make sure that you do not have a sniffer running that YOU are unaware of, other than that, it is really no problem. From the web: 1) In a network, promiscuous mode allows a network device to intercept and read each network packet that arrives in its entirety. This mode of operation is sometimes given to a network snoop server that captures and saves all packets for analysis (for example, for monitoring network usage). -- Bryan Phinney
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