From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 16 21:08:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFF2C16A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:08:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dns13.mail.yahoo.co.jp (dns13.mail.yahoo.co.jp [210.81.151.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DC19B43D2F for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:08:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ayakokiko@ybb.ne.jp) Received: from unknown (HELO gorgon.near.this) (219.11.234.11 with poptime) by dns13.mail.yahoo.co.jp with SMTP; 16 Aug 2004 21:08:08 -0000 X-Apparently-From: Received: by gorgon.near.this (Postfix, from userid 100) id 718647F8C; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 06:08:01 +0900 (JST) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 05:59:59 +0900 From: horio shoichi To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20040816122400.GA81160@ei.bzerk.org> References: <200408151429.05110.aaron@daltons.ca> <20040815170806.45fcb779.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200408151603.26022.aaron@daltons.ca> <411FE2E9.1090704@elvandar.org> <20040815183205.66b753cd.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <688492D4-EF2F-11D8-9CD1-000A959CEE6A@pursued-with.net> <20040816122400.GA81160@ei.bzerk.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20040816.210800.551fee0ee7277bf1.10.0.3.12@bugsgrief.net> Subject: Re: Is promiscuous mode bad? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:08:15 -0000 On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:24:00 +0200 Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 07:53:10PM -0700, Kevin Stevens typed: > > > > A lot of network scanners also trigger on NICS in promiscuous mode > > (there's a way to detect them, I forget the details at the moment) > > because admins want to know if any hosts are out there sniffing. > > How sure are you about that? AFAIK there's no way to detect a NIC in > promiscuous mode *from the outside*. I would be very interested in a network > scanner that could. > > Ruben > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Ping it with wrong mac. horio shoichi