RE: eth0 going in and out of promiscuous mode?

[Jeff Ito <jeffi () rcn com>]

For the device to enter promisc. mode is what is supposed to happen. (on
the interface that is actually doing the IDS)

as for the process stopping, more information is needed.

Jeff Ito

> Snort on my machine is doing the same thing except that it is running for a
> day or two 
> then it stops running.  I don't know why, the only message that it leaves is
> with syslog 
> say it has left promiscuous mode.   
>
> Jason
> =|=|=
> Jason Smith
> IT Intern
> First Cellular of Southern Illinois
> jsmith () firstcellular com
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 03:06:13PM -0400, Darrin Powell wrote:
> >  Is it normal for my eth0 to go in and out of mode?
> >
> > kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode 
> > Jul 17 15:02:14 name kernel: eth0: Setting promiscuous mode. 
> > Jul 17 15:02:14 name kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode 
> > Jul 17 15:02:17 name kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode 
>
>
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