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Date:      Wed, 03 Feb 1999 10:32:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG, woodford@cc181716-a.hwrd1.md.home.com, "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
Subject:   Re: tcpdump
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990203103205.cpiazza@home.net>
In-Reply-To: <199902031717.KAA29988@mt.sri.com>

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On 03-Feb-99 Nate Williams wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> I doubt OpenBSD does, since it's a security hole waiting to happen.
> 
> 
> Nate
> 

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/conf/GENERIC?rev=1.41
(referenced by all architectures - )

which includes:
pseudo-device   bpfilter 8      # packet filter

-- 
Chris Piazza   Abbotsford, BC, Canada
cpiazza@home.net
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