On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Ian C. Sison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Either you are running a program that will intentionally put the ethernet > > adapter in promiscuous mode (iptraf, sniffit, etc) > > People often forget that VMware also does this.
Really? I don't get that behaviour on my box... Maybe some sort of setting on the emulated ethernet? > > or you box was compromised and the hacker responsible for it did run such > > programs to sniff passwords off your network. > > Yes indeed! > > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
