----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Coppock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian security list <debian-security@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 8:05 PM Subject: promiscuous eth0
> I recently install snort on my laptop to check it out and now my pcmcia network card will pass IP only when snort is running (daemon mode or not), or I have to put my network card in promiscuous mode [#ifconfig eth0 -promisc]. The command : ifconfig eth0 -promisc ; remove promiscuous mode to enable it it's : ifconfig eth0 promisc > > I can't find any configuration that is obvious to me that would cause this, but I'm an intermediate linux user. Any suggestions on where to look and what to look for? > > Also, are what problems might using promiscuous mode cause? > > thanks, > jc > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
