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Date:      Fri, 19 Oct 2001 20:39:48 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp arp.c
Message-ID:  <20011019203948.J24666@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <200110191718.f9JHI9b01870@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from brian@freebsd-services.com on Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 06:18:09PM %2B0100
References:  <ru@FreeBSD.org> <200110191718.f9JHI9b01870@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>

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On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 06:18:09PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 09:52:15AM -0700, Brian Somers wrote:
> > > brian       2001/10/19 09:52:15 PDT
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:        (Branch: NETGRAPH)
> > >     usr.sbin/ppp         arp.c 
> > >   Log:
> > >   MFC: Write static arp entries as uid 0
> > >   
> > >   Revision  Changes    Path
> > >   1.38.2.4  +2 -2      src/usr.sbin/ppp/arp.c
> > > 
> > So that was indeed required after my rtsock.c changes?
> 
> Yes - previously ppp used to depend on the fact that it opened the 
> SOCK_RAW socket as uid 0.  Now it must have uid 0 when it writes to 
> the socket too.
> 
I recall telling you that OpenBSD should be vulnerable to this
too, and you told you'll have to check this.


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