Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:17:57 -0500 (EST) From: Ralph Huntington <rjh@mohawk.net> To: Sander van Dinten <sander@joek.dnsq.org> Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: promiscuous mode Message-ID: <20011210121632.D59192-100000@mohegan.mohawk.net> In-Reply-To: <000701c1819d$26f0fa20$0301a8c0@sanderpc>
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No, there is no network sniffer running on that box (or any other on the local network-- at least that I know of, and I should know). How can I determine if someone has slipped on in? On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Sander van Dinten wrote: > 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). > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Ralph > Huntington > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 6:04 PM > To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: promiscuous mode > > I recently found these log entries: > > messages.2:Dec 6 13:45:35 mohawk /kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode > enabled > messages.2:Dec 6 13:46:31 mohawk /kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode > disabled > messages.2:Dec 6 13:47:53 mohawk /kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode > enabled > messages.2:Dec 6 13:51:00 mohawk /kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode > disabled > messages.2:Dec 6 13:51:00 mohawk /kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode > enabled > messages.2:Dec 6 13:55:42 mohawk /kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode > disabled > > Can someone tell me how this mode might be enabled/disabled? We have > very > few shell users on this machine and I didn't think any of them would > know > anything about promiscuous mode. Turns out I know little about it > myself. > > Any pointers to relevant docs and/or some idea of what this might be > about > would be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance. - Ralph > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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