From owner-freebsd-security Wed Sep 15 16:10:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D84A914FC6 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:10:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA20876; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:10:35 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19990915170025.048d0b00@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:09:23 -0600 To: "Harry M. Leitzell" From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: BPF on in 3.3-RC GENERIC kernel Cc: security@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <4.2.0.58.19990915164546.048d0100@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Maybe it's a religious issue, or maybe some utility depends on it. But it might not be a good idea to let it be on from the get-go. If the machine is rooted, you've got an instant packet sniffer. I plan to turn it off on EVERY install, and I sure wish it were that way to start. --Brett At 06:59 PM 9/15/99 -0400, Harry M. Leitzell wrote: > Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the list have a huge >arguement over this a while back and the decision was to leave it in for >some reasons that someone dreamed up? Anyone who didn't see the issue >brought up, might want to check the list logs (Wherever they might be) for >3.2 or another release. > >On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > > > Was doing some testing on the latest release candidate of FreeBSD 3.3, and > > noted that the Berkeley Packet Filter was enabled in the GENERIC kernel. Is > > this a good idea? > > > > --Brett Glass > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > > >[-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-] > Harry M. Leitzell - Harry_M_Leitzell@cmu.edu > Carnegie Mellon University > Finger for PGP Public Key >[-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message