RE: Promiscuous Mode

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Support 
> Sent:	Wednesday, May 09, 2001 7:12 PM
> To:	linux-delhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Support
> Subject:	RE: [linux-delhi] 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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