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Date:      Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:24:00 +0200
From:      Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>
To:        Kevin Stevens <freebsd@pursued-with.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is promiscuous mode bad?
Message-ID:  <20040816122400.GA81160@ei.bzerk.org>
In-Reply-To: <688492D4-EF2F-11D8-9CD1-000A959CEE6A@pursued-with.net>
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>

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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



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