From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 19 10:16:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA02598 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 10:16:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA02593 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 10:16:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA10509; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 13:07:53 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 13:07:53 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9601191807.AA10509@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Anthony Hill Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: consequences of `bpfilter' pseudo-device In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < 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