Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:29:05 -0600 From: Aaron Dalton <aaron@daltons.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Is promiscuous mode bad? Message-ID: <200408151429.05110.aaron@daltons.ca>
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I was running security/rkhunter and it warns me about my network card being in promiscuous mode. I have a few questions: 1) What exactly is promiscuous mode? (I've done some googling but haven't found anything really clear) 2) Why might it be considered a bad thing? 3) How do I disable it if it really is bad? 4) What are the effects of disabling it? Thank you *so much* for your time! -- Aaron Dalton http://aaron.daltons.ca
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