At 08:08 PM 12/10/99 , der Mouse wrote:
>Yes...but promiscuous mode amounts to just that, to disabling the
>harware filtering, so that all packets get kicked upstairs to the
>kernel.  This is exactly what BPF wants, but we can't both disable the
>filter for BPF and enable the filter for normal packet reception.  (It
>would be Really Nice to see network hardware that, when in promiscuous
>mode, tagged each packet with a bit indicating whether the packet would
>have been received were it not for promiscuous mode.  I know of no such
>hardware, unfortunately.)

The Digital DEFPA/DEFEA/DEFTA tell why the packet was received (matched
individual address, multicast, or promisc filter).
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