Micha wrote: > I'm sorry this is not strictly firewall related, but maybe you can enlighten > me anyway. I just found this kernel log message: > > Aug 18 02:54:11 woody kernel: eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled. > Aug 18 02:54:11 woody kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode > Aug 18 02:54:14 woody kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode > > and i don't know what it means. I didn't do anything special, AFAIKR, > at this time. No suspend either, no shutdown or booting, just writing > emails...iptables didn't log anything either. >
Maybe you ran a packet sniffer like tcpdump, ethereal or the like? This would cause your NIC to listen for all packets, and not just those related to it's own traffic (i.e. promiscuous mode). -Nathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
