Re: [newbie] What the hell is promiscuous and how do I turn it off?

2004-09-15 Thread Chris
On Wednesday 15 September 2004 06:01 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Wednesday 15 September 2004 06:52 pm, Chris wrote: > > The subject says it all. RKHunter reports I have it turned on. I'm > > running no servers, that I'm aware of. I've checked google and > > google/linux for an explanation and

Re: [newbie] What the hell is promiscuous and how do I turn it off?

2004-09-15 Thread Richard Urwin
On Thursday 16 Sep 2004 12:01 am, Bryan Phinney wrote: > 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 save

Re: [newbie] What the hell is promiscuous and how do I turn it off?

2004-09-15 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 15 September 2004 06:52 pm, Chris wrote: > The subject says it all. RKHunter reports I have it turned on. I'm > running no servers, that I'm aware of. I've checked google and > google/linux for an explanation and I haven't found a good explanaton. If you are running an intrusion d

[newbie] What the hell is promiscuous and how do I turn it off?

2004-09-15 Thread Chris
The subject says it all. RKHunter reports I have it turned on. I'm running no servers, that I'm aware of. I've checked google and google/linux for an explanation and I haven't found a good explanaton. Thanks -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 5:49pm up 7 days, 22:2