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Re: Promiscuous Mode
From: "Brett Cunningham" <cssniper22 () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:54:47 -0500
Simon, Setting an interface into promiscuous mode means it will not send packets out that interface and there will be no IP address assigned to it. It will, however, still listen on that interface. This is a typical requirement of deploying an IDS. On 3/19/08, Simon Templar <73696d6f6e74656d706c617200 () googlemail com> wrote:
Hello everybody, I have a question concerning "Promiscuous Mode", I know what it is, but I would like to know exactly what is happening behind the scenes when I change my NIC to this mode For example: what is the technicality in writing the command: ifconfig eth0 promisc? Your help is so much appreciated. Best regards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is sponsored by: Cenzic Need to secure your web apps NOW? Cenzic finds more, "real" vulnerabilities fast. Click to try it, buy it or download a solution FREE today! http://www.cenzic.com/downloads ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Promiscuous Mode Simon Templar (Mar 19)
- Re: Promiscuous Mode don bailey (Mar 20)
- Re: Promiscuous Mode Amar Kulo (Mar 20)
- Re: Promiscuous Mode Morgan Reed (Mar 20)
- Re: Promiscuous Mode Robin Sheat (Mar 23)
- Re: Promiscuous Mode Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam (Mar 25)
- Re: Promiscuous Mode Robin Sheat (Mar 25)
- Re: Promiscuous Mode Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam (Mar 25)
- Re: Promiscuous Mode Robin Sheat (Mar 23)
- RE: Promiscuous Mode Richard C Lewis (Mar 20)
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- Re: Promiscuous Mode bariswinston (Mar 20)