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. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991209052412.6962C-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <E11veIg-0006zR-00@xi.css.qmw.ac.uk>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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