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From: "Timothy A. Holmes" <tholmes@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] A nic with no IP
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:46:25
Message-Id: 17CD9CE4C0FA574A8B29EF02D49B385D2A93CC@srvexch-01.mcaschool.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] A nic with no IP by Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
1 > > I am working on my snort sensor box which runs gentoo. The
2 > setup that
3 > > I am going to do requires me to have one nic (an intel
4 > Pro1000) with
5 > > no ip on it (it is currently eth0 as the machine is
6 > currently set up).
7 > > I know how to set up the nic in the /etc/conf.d/net file
8 > but making it
9 > > have no ip is a little different. Snort will put the nic in
10 > > promiscous mode to capture packets
11 >
12 > - From /etc/conf.d/net.example:
13 >
14 > # If you don't want ANY address (only useful when calling for
15 > advanced stuff) #config_eth0=( "null" )
16 >
17 > Then add the interface in the runlevel, as usual.
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