From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:42:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:42:28 -0500 Received: from zero.tech9.net ([209.61.188.187]:31501 "EHLO zero.tech9.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:42:14 -0500 Subject: Re: eth0: entered promiscuous mode From: Robert Love To: Balazs Javor Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20020110205946.GB24838@zhadum.bjavor.d2g.com> In-Reply-To: <20020110205946.GB24838@zhadum.bjavor.d2g.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.0.99+cvs.2001.12.18.08.57 (Preview Release) Date: 10 Jan 2002 22:44:46 -0500 Message-Id: <1010720687.813.5.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 15:59, Balazs Javor wrote: > Can somebody please tell me what the above message means? > > I very often encounter this in the syslog and sometimes > also on the console. Promiscuous mode means the network card will snag packets even if they are not delivered to you. Typically, only ethernet frames whose MAC address matches you or broadcast are processed by the NIC. Thus, your NIC can read any and all packets on your network. Are you sniffing your coworkers or something ? ;) Robert Love