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Date:      Wed, 3 Feb 1999 19:48:03 +1100 (EDT)
From:      Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
To:        dillon@apollo.backplane.com (Matthew Dillon)
Cc:        jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, woodford@cc181716-a.hwrd1.md.home.com, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tcpdump
Message-ID:  <199902030848.TAA25279@cheops.anu.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199902030352.TAA42425@apollo.backplane.com> from "Matthew Dillon" at Feb 2, 99 07:52:13 pm

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In some mail from Matthew Dillon, sie said:
> 
> :OK, time to raise this topic again.  What to people think about
> :enabling bpfilter by default in GENERIC?
> :
> :And before everyone screams "That would not be BSD!" let me just
> :note that NetBSD and probably OpenBSD (haven't looked) already do
> :this.
> :
> :- Jordan
> 
>     Well, not having bpfilter enabled by default doesn't 
>     really enhance security since the kernel module loader
>     *is* enabled by default.   Still, perhaps it would be
>     a good idea to lockout new open()'s on bpf when the
>     secure level is > 0.  The module loader already disables
>     itself when securelevel > 0.

I think not.

*maybe* disallow promiscous mode.


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