Re: [tcpdump-workers] Question about "promiscuous" mode

2004-11-01 Thread Guy Harris
(Blah blah blah oops I did it again blah blah blah avoid duplicate message detection blah blah blah.) Kathy Chen wrote: I want to know in what situations the machine's network is set to "promiscuous" mode. It's put into promiscuous mode if an application requests that the interface be put into pr

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Question about "promiscuous" mode

2004-11-01 Thread Guy Harris
(Blah blah blah once again I forgot to set the from line yes I know I should set up my sonic address as an alias but if I sent from my mit address replies get to me at work and at home so I can respond from either site blah blah blah.) Kathy Chen wrote: I want to know in what situations the mac

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Question about "promiscuous" mode

2004-11-01 Thread Kathy Chen
Thanks for your reply! xiaofang > >I want to know in what situations the machine's > >network is set to "promiscuous" mode. For example, > I > >know when I execute "tcpdump" on my machine, it's > set > >to be in promiscuous mode. Any other cases? > > > > > Yes, that's program's that decide to

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Question about "promiscuous" mode

2004-11-01 Thread Sebastien Vincent
Kathy Chen a écrit : Hi, Sorry to bother you. I want to know in what situations the machine's network is set to "promiscuous" mode. For example, I know when I execute "tcpdump" on my machine, it's set to be in promiscuous mode. Any other cases? Yes, that's program's that decide to put your NIC

[tcpdump-workers] Question about "promiscuous" mode

2004-11-01 Thread Kathy Chen
Hi, Sorry to bother you. I want to know in what situations the machine's network is set to "promiscuous" mode. For example, I know when I execute "tcpdump" on my machine, it's set to be in promiscuous mode. Any other cases? And is it correct that without "tcpcump", the network is not in promiscu