Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 18:58:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dhcp without bpf? Message-ID: <20010622185726.N92317-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <h2g7jt43us9r196ggkts6nkgca251hoh15@4ax.com>
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bpf is needed for all DHCP. The reason being that dhclient uses bpf to sniffer the lease off of the wire. If you're worried about security, create just one bpf device in /dev, and make its perms so that only root can access it. Joe Clarke On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, John Murphy wrote: > I read that bpf is necessary for dhcp to work. > > Is it necessary to always have bpf in the kernel > or is it just needed during install? > > Why? (though I'd probably not understand the answer :) > > John. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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