[Xen-users] Re: [xen-discuss] Snort on domU

["Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 5:09 PM, David Edmondson<dme@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> * dot.yet@xxxxxxxxx [2009-06-25 23:08:41]
>> Can anyone confirm if a xen based domU can be used for snort setup? It is
>> not for commercial use, rather just SOHO use.
>
> You can run snort in a guest, but it won't see all of the traffic from
> the wire.
>
> It gets:
>    - traffic to its' MAC address,
>    - traffic with the multicast bit set in the destination address.
>

... and how is this different from a physical server, connected to a
switch? Won't the switch filter out packets not intended for mac
addresses on a particular port?

-- 
Fajar

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