Re: Question about "promiscuous" mode

[Sebastien Vincent <svincent () idems fr>]

Kathy Chen a écrit :

> Hi, 
>
> Sorry to bother you.
> I want to know in what situations the machine's
> network is set to "promiscuous" mode. For example, I
> know when I execute "tcpdump" on my machine, it's set
> to be in promiscuous mode. Any other cases?
>  
Yes, that's program's that decide to put your NIC into promicious mode.

> And is it correct that without "tcpcump", the network
> is not in promiscuous mode?
>  
Depend's on what programs are running on your box.
Under linux you can watch to you /var/log/messages to see
kernel messages show you when your box enter, or leave promicious
mode.

> Thanks.
> xiaofang
>  
Regards,

Seb


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