Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | Subject | Re: eth0: entered promiscuous mode | Date | Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:32:13 +0100 |
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In article <20020110205946.GB24838@zhadum.bjavor.d2g.com> you wrote: > Can somebody please tell me what the above message means?
it means you run a root program which requested the network card to go into promic mode. promisc mode means, the card will receive all packets on the wire, not only those destinated to the card. a few sniffing/scan detector/accounting apps require this, and some legal apps for network configuration (like dhcp/bootp/... ) and arpwatch may require it.
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