RE: Promiscuous Mode

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Anand Shankar [SMTP:anandsha@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Tuesday, April 17, 2001 8:39 AM
> To:	Linux Delhi
> 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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