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Linjan
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« on: Wednesday 17 June 2009, 11:08:45 pm »

I am using EFW on the machine with real ip.
Last time i've got these messages in log:
Code:
Jun 17 17:03:08 efw-1245173387 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Jun 17 17:03:08 efw-1245173387 kernel: audit(1245243788.888:22): dev=eth0 prom=256 old_prom=0 auid=4294967295
Jun 17 17:03:08 efw-1245173387 kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode
Jun 17 17:03:08 efw-1245173387 kernel: audit(1245243788.900:23): dev=eth0 prom=0 old_prom=256 auid=4294967295
Jun 17 17:03:08 efw-1245173387 snort[28627]: Initializing daemon mode
Jun 17 17:03:08 efw-1245173387 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Jun 17 17:03:08 efw-1245173387 kernel: audit(1245243788.912:24): dev=eth0 prom=256 old_prom=0 auid=4294967295
What it means?
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday 25 June 2009, 11:52:03 pm »

Hi Linjan,

Are you running Snort (IDS) on your EFW?

This could be something to do with the intrusion detecting sniffing the packets on it's real IP interface.

Gyp
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