[ale] NFR

[Jacob Langseth]

>      Linux does not properly handle interfaces in promiscuous mode.  It
> fails to it fails to distinguish packets addressed to it from packets
> addressed to other
>      machines. This means that you can subvert the Linux system in
> various ways:
>           Other systems on the network can detect Linux based sniffers
> by looking for responses to requests sent to the wrong MAC address.  The

> === END CUT ===
>
> Has this been fixed in the 2.2 kernel?

To the best of my knowledge, this was fixed Sept98.  Ref:

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=1998-09-15  
&msg=m0zKDQU-000aR3C at the-village.bc.nu

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