Scott Harney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If Smoothwall is running snort or some other Network Intrusion software, then > your card would be in promisc mode. That's because snort and other NIDs are > packet sniffers.
Browsing smoothwall's site, I see that it does indeed have an Intrusion Detection service. It's highly unlikely that service providers are hunting for promiscuous network cards. But if it makes you nervous, you can turn off your IDS. I personally would leave it on. -- Scott Harney<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...and one script to rule them all."
