Are my interfaces in promiscuous mode?

When a network interface is in promiscuous mode the machine can see all network packets, even those destined to another machine. Under Solaris, there is no way to determine if your box’s network interfaces are in promiscuous mode.

One of the reasons your box is in promiscuous mode is due to sniffer programs such as snoop or tcpdump. The ifstatus tool can help to see the mode of your interfaces.

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