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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 01:51:44 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall tcpip.c
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jkh         1999/07/22 01:51:44 PDT

  Modified files:
    release/sysinstall   tcpip.c 
  Log:
  Intentionally do the wrong thing in using the initial DHCP values for
  ifconfig, essentially stealing the lease until the user goes and changes
  it.  The alternative, sadly, is total dysfunction since bpf isn't in
  GENERIC and network connectivity would otherwise fail completely on first
  bootup when DHCP configuration was attempted again.
  
  The ultimate answer here is to make either bpf a loadable kernel module
  (which security conscious admins will be able to simply remove from /modules)
  or come up with a lighter weight mechanism just for dhcp and other apps that
  need to see broadcast packets but not otherwise sniff the wire in full
  bpf glory.
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.86      +3 -1      src/release/sysinstall/tcpip.c



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