Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:25:25 +0100 From: "Markie" <markie@notwentytwo.freeserve.co.uk> To: "Mark" <admin@asarian-host.net>, "Andy Farkas" <andyf@speednet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Restricting ICMP Message-ID: <001801c361a6$c78a7070$e400a8c0@ape> References: <20030813231812.O90272-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> <200308131342.H7DDGEWG005511@asarian-host.net>
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lol. Must just be one of those days, eh? I can't get enough of them :o) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <admin@asarian-host.net> To: "Andy Farkas" <andyf@speednet.com.au>; "Markie" <markie@notwentytwo.freeserve.co.uk> Cc: "Ruben de Groot" <mail23@bzerk.org>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 2:42 PM Subject: Re: Restricting ICMP > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andy Farkas" <andyf@speednet.com.au> > To: "Markie" <markie@notwentytwo.freeserve.co.uk> > Cc: "Mark" <admin@asarian-host.net>; "Ruben de Groot" <mail23@bzerk.org>; > <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 3:20 PM > Subject: Re: Restricting ICMP > > > > > Is it? I thought it was setuid root for a reason :o) > > .... > > > I just woke up, so it may well be I am just being stupid :o) > > > > Well, I didn't know ping needed suid. I stand corrected and > > apologise for any misleadings. > > > > /me is the stupid one... time to go to bed :) > > > If it makes you feel any better, I feel rather stupid too. :) Here I was, > thinking: "Hmm, chmod g+s, as means of allowing only folks in wheel access, > is not going to work;" whereas the glaringly obvious solution: to remove > execution-bits from "o" using chmod 4550, for some bizarre reason, escaped > me. :) > > /me, feeling stupid too. > > - Mark > >
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