From owner-freebsd-security Tue Dec 11 11: 3: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03EAC37B417 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:03:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id LAA16806; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:02:34 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda16799; Tue Dec 11 11:02:19 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.6/8.9.1) id fBBJ24N03707; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:02:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from UNKNOWN(10.1.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdrN3681; Tue Dec 11 11:01:38 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.6/8.9.1) id fBBJ1bF07234; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:01:37 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112111901.fBBJ1bF07234@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdPJ7230; Tue Dec 11 11:01:30 2001 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: schubert To: "Sander van Dinten" Cc: "'Ralph Huntington'" , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: promiscuous mode In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 10 Dec 2001 18:07:30 +0100." <000701c1819d$26f0fa20$0301a8c0@sanderpc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:01:30 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <000701c1819d$26f0fa20$0301a8c0@sanderpc>, "Sander van Dinten" write s: > Are you using some kind of an network sniffer? > > Promiscuous will say that your network card picks up all network > packages (which means it will not only pick up the packages for your > IP-address). Some entropy gathering applications, e.g. egd, sniff the network on occasion to gather randomness. Is this a possibility? Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Email: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD Ministry of Management Services Province of BC FreeBSD UNIX: cy@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message