Re: Promiscuous Mode

["kshounish" <kshounish@xxxxxxxxx>]

check the  ethernet slot
----- Original Message -----
From: Anand Shankar <anandsha@xxxxxxxx>
To: Linux Delhi <linux-delhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 8:08 PM
Subject: [linux-delhi] Promiscuous Mode


> 1. While shutting down my system (RH6.2), I get the following message:
>
> device eth0 left promiscuos mode
>
> Obviously system is running with eth0 in promiscuous mode, which I know is
a
> Security concern.
>
> I have tried:
>
> ifconfig -promisc eth0
>
> but has not worked.
>
> 2. When I do an ifconfig, I get a "L A R G E" number on OVR, both RX and
TX.
> What is this Overrun all about? How does it affect the performance or is
it
> a spillover effect of the device running in promiscuous mode.
>
>
> Anand Shankar
>
>
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