From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:32:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:32:23 -0500 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([212.227.14.2]:11820 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:32:13 -0500 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: eth0: entered promiscuous mode In-Reply-To: <20020110205946.GB24838@zhadum.bjavor.d2g.com> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.39 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:32:13 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20020110205946.GB24838@zhadum.bjavor.d2g.com> you wrote: > Can somebody please tell me what the above message means? it means you run a root program which requested the network card to go into promic mode. promisc mode means, the card will receive all packets on the wire, not only those destinated to the card. a few sniffing/scan detector/accounting apps require this, and some legal apps for network configuration (like dhcp/bootp/... ) and arpwatch may require it. Greetings Bernd