promiscuous mode

Teo Fonrouge fedora-list at windtelsoft.com
Tue Aug 23 18:58:06 UTC 2005


Oliver Leitner wrote:
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> Teo Fonrouge wrote:
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> | Hello,
> |
> | Using a FC4 box.
> |
> | Checking in my /var/log/messages file I noticed that the kernel has
> |  setting my eth0 interface in promiscuous mode regularly:
> |
> | Aug 21 14:30:38 sx1 kernel: eth0: Setting promiscuous mode. Aug 21
> | 14:30:38 sx1 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode Aug 21
> | 14:30:38 sx1 kernel: bridge-eth0: enabled promiscuous mode Aug 21
> | 14:31:36 sx1 kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode Aug 21
> | 14:31:36 sx1 kernel: bridge-eth0: disabled promiscuous mode Aug 21
> | 14:31:36 sx1 kernel: eth0: Setting promiscuous mode. Aug 21
> | 14:31:36 sx1 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode Aug 21
> | 14:31:36 sx1 kernel: bridge-eth0: enabled promiscuous mode
> |
> | I believe that I haven't ran any program that causes this.
> |
> | It is a normal kernel operation ?
> |
> | How can I know what is causing this ?
> |
> |
> | best regards
> |
> | Teo Fonrogue
> |
> does any of these programs ring a bell?:
> 
> iptraf
> tcpdump
> ethereal

None of this programs was running at such time.

> 
> or any other monitoring program?

Nope. :(

> 
> greetings
> oliver

Thank you Oliver



best regards

Teo Fonrouge




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