Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:21:45 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> Cc: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ping ping.8 ping.c Message-ID: <199808271521.PAA00661@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Aug 1998 10:15:51 MST." <199808271715.KAA14986@apollo.backplane.com>
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> : > :In article <199808271624.JAA14693.kithrup.freebsd.cvs-all@apollo.backplane.com> you write: > :> I really don't think login.conf is the place to put application-specific > :> restrictions. > : > :No, you apparantly think that applications are the place to put site-specific > :restrictions. > > No, I think *system* suid and sgid applications need to protect themselves > from potential user abuse. This is quite valid; but "the number of packets sent before exiting" doesn't protect from any abuse. > Hey dude, are you trying to start a flame war? No. Sean's comment was quite fair in context, although perhaps a little insensitive in delivery. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com
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