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promiscuous mode

The condition in which a node in a network recognizes and accepts all packets regardless of protocol type or destination. If a computer is in promiscuous mode, it could mean it has been compromised. After gaining illegal entry to a system, placing it in promiscuous mode allows it to receive all the available network traffic. See war driving.

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promiscuous mode - Where a node on a network accepts all packets, regardless of their destination address.

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No references found			The Monitor Card should have no protocols bound to itself and listens in promiscuous mode. How to Build A Simple Open-Source Distributed Protocol Analyzer by Barry Koplowitz / Computers and Internet community The best cards are ones that can be placed into what is called the Monitor mode, also known as RFMON mode, which is similar to promiscuous mode on wired network interface cards. Reliability, availability and security of wireless networks in the ... by Maple, Carsten; Williams, Geraint; Yue, Yong / Informatica PhatNet Professional can collect and filter data in a promiscuous mode, letting you export security information in standard formats for charting and statistical analysis. Security by Mobile Business Advisor			PROM PROM blower PROM burner PROM monitor PROM programmer Promagistracy PROMAL promazine hydrochloride Prome Promedol promenade promenade concert promenade deck promenade tile Promeristem Promet, Lilli prometaphase Prometheus Promethium promethium cell promethium-147 Prominence Prominence Spectroscope prominences Promiscuity promiscuous mode Promised Land Promised Land State Park Promissory Note promo promontory Promoter Promoters Revolution Promotion prompt prompt box prompt critical prompt neutron prompt radiation prompter prompter's box Prompton State Park Promulgation promyelocyte Promyshlennaia Promyshlennaia Energetika Promyshlennoe Stroitelstvo Promyshlennovskii Promyshlennyi Promyshlennyi Transport Promysla			prominently prominently prominently prominents prominents prominents Promintory Promintory Promintory PROMIS PROMIS PROMIS PROMIS Promiscuism Promiscuism Promiscuism promiscuities promiscuities promiscuities promiscuity promiscuity promiscuity promiscuity promiscuous promiscuous promiscuous promiscuous Promiscuous Capture Library promiscuous customer Promiscuous DNA promiscuous mode Promiscuous sex Promiscuous sex Promiscuous sex promiscuously promiscuously promiscuousness promiscuousness promiscuousness promiscuousness promiscuus promise promise promise promise promise Promise (disambiguation) Promise Array Management promise ill Promise Keepers Promise of Promise of marriage Promise of Value promise solemnly promise someone the moon Promise the Children promise the earth promise the earth promise the earth promise the earth promise the moon

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