[nylug-talk] Spam list?

[Ron Guerin]

Chris Knadle wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 October 2007, Ron Guerin wrote:
>> Peter C. Norton wrote:
>>> We're *acutely* aware of this.
>> Sometime today, the NYLUG server will change IP addresses to one that
>> resides in a block that presently tests clean.  The old address will
>> remain live during a transition period to allow DNS to catch up.
> 
>    I was just recently told: apparently some network cards silently go into 
> promiscuous mode when using ip aliasing.  Good time to check this if you're 
> either curious or security paranoid.
> 
>       http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-multissl.html

One of the reasons I bother with chkrootkit:

  eth0:   not promisc and no packet sniffer sockets
  eth0:2: not promisc and no packet sniffer sockets
  eth0:1: not promisc and no packet sniffer sockets

- Ron