Re: Detecting traffic from a Nic without an IP address

[Chris Green <cmg () uab edu>]

"Snort Mailinglist" <snort_list () hotmail com> writes:

> Sorry about that, I should have been more specific.  I am running
> snort on Redhat 7.1.  I am not sure how to detect a link from the NIC
> itself within linux.

Don't assign it an address in the first place and just bring the
interface up.

3.2 --faq-- --snort-- --faq-- --snort-- --faq-- --snort-- --faq--

Q: How do I run snort on an interface with no IP address? A: ifconfig ethN up

eg:

ifconfig eth2 up 
-- 
Chris Green <cmg () uab edu>
 "Not everyone holds these truths to be self-evident, so we've worked
                  up a proof of them as Appendix A." --  Paul Prescod

_______________________________________________
Snort-users mailing list
Snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users
Snort-users list archive:
http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users