Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:19:44 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Aaron Dalton <aaron@daltons.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is promiscuous mode bad? Message-ID: <411FE180.3070006@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <200408151603.26022.aaron@daltons.ca> References: <200408151429.05110.aaron@daltons.ca> <20040815170806.45fcb779.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200408151603.26022.aaron@daltons.ca>
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Aaron Dalton wrote: >Thank you so much for your replies! This makes much more sense now. > >I am currently running Snort. I will examine its documentation to see if >promiscuous mode is really necessary. > > > It is. >In the meantime, am I correct in >assuming the only threat is from local users? > > Yes. >If so, currently all users are >trusted so I shant panic just yet. > > Hmm, "the human heart is a dangerous thing." ;-) Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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