RE: A Solution for sniffing

From: Chris Berry <compjma(at)hotmail.com>
Date: Thu Dec 19 2002 - 18:36:08 EST

>From: <David@cawdgw.net>
>For a network card to "Sniff" it must be in promiscuous mode, reading

Ok, I'm a bit confused. As I understand ethernet, all the signals go out on the wire as changing voltage levels, every card listens to the signals and internally decides whether or not to drop the frames based on whether or not they are destined for its MAC address. With a passive listening setup like this, how could you possibly detect a promiscuous interface?

Chris Berry
compjma@hotmail.com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

"Live dangerously, overclock your servers."

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