On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 09:53:12AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 09:50:28AM -0500, Harland Christofferson wrote: > > i suspect that data destine for these _closed_ ports is being put > > in the TCP/UDP stack. > > All traffic coming in is, whether or not it's for you, if it's on the > same segment. This isn't different in any other OS, either.
Not true IIRC. Unless you have your network card set to promiscuious mode the kernel will only receive packets intended for you card and ARP broadcasts - generally MAC-IP conversion or a IP broadcast. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
