On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 09:06:27 +0200, Gilboa Davara <gilboad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Having said all that, if your network is switched (as opposed to using > cheap FE hubs), only broadcast traffic (ARP/DHCP/etc) will be visible in > promisc mode. Mostly. There are other circumstances where a packet can be sent to all of the ports even without machines/people trying to game things. General advice is to treat switches as a way of improving network related performance (relative to hubs), not as security devices. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
