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Re: Ethernet Tap


From: Frank Knobbe <frank () knobbe us>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:48:00 -0500

On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 13:31, STEVE MAKOUSKY wrote:
If not is it easy enough to start snort on two nics and log to the
same database and 
handle packet reconstruction that way????

Uhm... no. Who would be doing the reconstruction? Snort isn't, the
database isn't.

Sorry, if you want to sniff a single data stream on two NICS
(split-tap), you would need to configure these NICs in bridge-mode, or
somehow else have the OS treat both NICs as a single NIC.

Regards,
Frank

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