From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 2 09:40:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA16264 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 09:40:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA16256 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 09:40:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA25585; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 11:40:25 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199812021740.LAA25585@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: sniffer In-Reply-To: <36657AD5.1F79504B@atlas-design.net> from Roman Katsnelson at "Dec 2, 98 12:37:25 pm" To: roman@atlas-design.net (Roman Katsnelson) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 11:40:25 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You can't sniff a network unless you can get into promiscuous mode. And you can't get into promiscuous mode if you don't add bpfilter to your kernel. I would never use the Generic kernel on a machine, personally. In a previous message, Roman Katsnelson said: > Hey guys, > > Any ideas for a good traffic sniffer for 2.2.7? I've tried a few, but > they all required rebuilding the kernel; and being that this is a custom > kernel on a live and important web server I'd rather not have to do > that. ;) > > Thanks as always, > You're the best. > Roman > -- > Roman Katsnelson <-> romank@graphnet.com > UNIX Engineer <-> rk.graphnet.com > Graphnet, Inc. <-> www.graphnet.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- HOW CAN YOU TELL IF TWO ADULTS EATING DINNER AT A RESTAURANT ARE IN LOVE? "Romantic adults usually are all dressed up, so if they are just wearing jeans it might mean they used to go out or they just broke up." --Sarah, age 9 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message