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Re: [Snort-users] Can snort use an unconfigured interface?

This is a discussion on Re: [Snort-users] Can snort use an unconfigured interface? within the Snort forums, part of the System Security and Security Related category; At 02:26 PM 5/21/2004, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: >I thought that you can put an initerface ...


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Old 05-21-2004
Matt Kettler
 
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Default Re: [Snort-users] Can snort use an unconfigured interface?

At 02:26 PM 5/21/2004, Shaun T. Erickson wrote:
>I thought that you can put an initerface into promiscuous mode and grab
>packets off the wire without it being configured up. I'd swear I've done
>this in the past, but perhaps my memory fails me.


You don't need it to be configured, but you do need it to be up.

Just use ifconfig to force it into the up state and you'll be fine. It's
covered in the FAQ on the website under "stealth interfaces"





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