Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:18:39 -0800 (PST) From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ Message-ID: <199902090718.XAA10270@kithrup.com> In-Reply-To: <19990209091330.18608.qmail.kithrup.freebsd.current@rucus.ru.ac.za> References: <199902090639.WAA08295@kithrup.com> from Sean Eric Fagan at "Feb 8, 1999 10:39:29 pm"
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In article <19990209091330.18608.qmail.kithrup.freebsd.current@rucus.ru.ac.za> you write: >I would still >be very reticent to see BPF in a generic kernel because of the security >implications. I'm sorry, but that's a complete non-issue: 1. /dev/bpf0 is mode 400, root.wheel -- to read it, you need to break root. 2. If you can break root, you can rebuild a kernel with BPF *anyway*. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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