Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:32:05 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is promiscuous mode bad? Message-ID: <20040815183205.66b753cd.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <411FE2E9.1090704@elvandar.org> References: <200408151429.05110.aaron@daltons.ca> <20040815170806.45fcb779.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200408151603.26022.aaron@daltons.ca> <411FE2E9.1090704@elvandar.org>
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Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> wrote: > Reminder for bill: sniffing via bpf requires the same privileges whether > promisc. is set or not, so you always need to be root for sniffing data > of the line, that is when the permissions is not tampered with :). > Thanks #bsddocs (simon ;)) Really? Then I stand corrected. If that's the case, though, what _is_ the administrative danger of running in PROMISC mode? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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