Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:34:31 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: jdp@polstra.com Cc: mph@astro.caltech.edu, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tcpdump(1) additions. Message-ID: <9836.930767671@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:26:17 -0700 (PDT)" References: <199906301826.LAA07099@vashon.polstra.com>
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> I would say it is not _acceptable_. The code shouldn't go into our > source tree until the known buffer overflow problems have been fixed. > It's just stupid to add buffer overflow problems to a program that is > always run as root. Minor correction: tcpdump will run happily as non-root as long as it can read packets from /dev/bpf. I use this all the time on my own systems, having chmod'ed /dev/bpf to readable for group wheel. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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