Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 13:07:53 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: consequences of `bpfilter' pseudo-device Message-ID: <9601191807.AA10509@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960119225519.20104B-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au> References: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960119225519.20104B-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au>
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<<On Fri, 19 Jan 1996 23:04:17 +1100 (EST), Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au> said: > # The `bpfilter' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter. Be > # aware of the legal and administrative consequences of enabling this > # option. > May I ask, what are the legal and administrative consequences of enabling > bpfilter ? There may be, depending on your jursidiction and context, legal restrictions on using promiscuous mode, or legal consequences of having a machine with BPF in it get broken into and thereby giving someone else access to promiscuous mode. In the context of a company, there may also be a corporate policy on the use of promiscuous mode. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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