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Date:      Mon, 1 Oct 2001 17:31:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Berkeley packet filter 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110011729170.4143-100000@pogo.caustic.org>
In-Reply-To: <200110020013.f920Cxw37586@grumpy.dyndns.org>

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On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, David Kelly wrote:

> Edwin Groothuis writes:
>
> It would be nice if the above could additionally say, "DHCP needs bpf".
> My kernel config is so noted because I have a tendancy to remove bpf on 
> being scared off by the above note. Every year or so I get bit again 
> setting up another machine for somebody else...

make a note not to remove it :)

the fun thing about bpf is that it's one of the handiest devices for
diagnosing network problems and other goings on.

i really haven't seen a good reason to remove it, even after that warning.

-- jan

-------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+
  http://caustic.org/~jan                      jan@caustic.org
   "if my thought-dreams could be seen..
       "they'd probably put my head in a gillotine"
	     -- Bob Dylan


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