Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 2 Oct 2001 11:55:31 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: Ethernet Error Correction |
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On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 11:48:01AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > > Also, generic PROMISC mode still drops off received frames > > > > with CRC error. > > > > > > Hmm, sounds good. Someone should create tool for communication over > > > ethernet with broken crc's. Such communication would be stealth from > > > normal tcpdump. Do it on your provider's network to escape accounting ;^) > > > > But still you'll see the number of errors on your eth card > > skyrocketing, so you'd grow quite suspicious. > > Yep, but it would be _very_ hard for you to find the cause. You'd > probably chase ghosts trying to replace cables, etc, never finding > what happens.
Well, if you checked all the cables, you'd most likely find the device capable of sending the bad CRC frames. Also, if you use a switch (not ha hub or coax), it won't work at all.
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