> checking the destination MAC address there is no way to discern if the
> packet was really bound for listening station. To fix this problem all
> that needs to be done is add the following check (pseudo code):
>
> if(ether_header_destination != device_hardware_address) return;
if(skb->pkt_type==PACKET_OTHERHOST)
{
kfree_skb(skb, FREE_READ);
return;
}
.. I'd agree thats a bug. In fact it got fixed about 10 seconds ago :0
There are btw several other ways to find promiscuous nodes especially
multicast aware ones.
Alan
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