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Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 05:29:03 +1100 (EST)
From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
To: David Pick <D.M.Pick@qmw.ac.uk>
Cc: Matt Gostick <matt@crazylogic.net>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ethernet promiscuous mode. 
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On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, David Pick wrote:

 > Hypothesising, anything that wants to be less specific than usual
 > about the destination IP address might use promiscuous mode:
 >  * user-mode BOOTP client
 >  * user-mode DHCP client
 >  * multi-cast reception
 >  * packet sniffer
 >  * intrusion detection system (to sniff packets!)
 >  * &c, &c

.. or just forgetting the -p switch on a tcpdump ..

Ian



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