At 05:30 PM 3/11/2003 -0600, you wrote: >>Anyway my question is why is the Internet interface card in Promiscuous >>mode? For what I have read in the past in Maximum Linux Security this >>mode is to scan all packets into the card. Why is this necessary? I also >>remember reading that it is possible for a network administrator to >>detect when a card is in this mode. Would I be in trouble with Cox if >>they catch me with a card in this mode? > >I do not believe that Cox has any way of detecting that your card is in >promiscuous mode.
The Internet-facing interface is in promiscuous mode with cable Internet? That should be interesting. --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
