From: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki-news2002-01@lina.inka.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: eth0: entered promiscuous mode
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:32:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E16Omo1-000099-00@sites.inka.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020110205946.GB24838@zhadum.bjavor.d2g.com>
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.
Greetings
Bernd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-10 21:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-10 20:59 eth0: entered promiscuous mode Balazs Javor
2002-01-10 21:28 ` Andreas Dilger
2002-01-10 21:32 ` Bernd Eckenfels [this message]
2002-01-10 22:21 ` David C P Gray
2002-01-11 3:44 ` Robert Love
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