Re: Question about "promiscuous" mode

[Kathy Chen <kathy_ios () yahoo com>]

Thanks for your reply!

xiaofang


> > 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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