From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 6 19:56:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4402A37BAFE; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:56:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id TAA85979; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:56:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:56:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: Robert Watson Cc: vns@delta.odessa.ua, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, security-officer@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmware changes result in nasty bridging mess In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Robert Watson wrote: > Un-announced, the vmware port enabled bridging between the ethernet > interfaces on my notebook This is bad - ethernet segments should not be bridged without explicit user confirmation, because they are commonly separated precisely for security reasons. Someone please fix the port appropriately..thanks. Kris FreeBSD Security Officer Team -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message