Re: Promiscuous mode, how-to?

[Martin Roesch <roesch () sourcefire com>]

Hi Mat,

Snort puts the NIC into promiscuous mode automatically at startup  
unless you tell it not to with the -P switch.

        -Marty

On Nov 30, 2007, at 10:08 PM, Rachmat Hidayat Al-Anshar wrote:

> Hi guys...
>
> There is so many reference telling us that we have to set the NIC on  
> promiscuous mode
> before they can be ready to eavesdrop every single thing that flow  
> on the network traffic,
> but so rarely telling us how to do that, how to configure it, how to  
> make that thing
> happen (^^!), I need more explanation here...
>
>
> Any response will greatly appreciated
> Thanks in advance
> ~ Mat ~
>
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