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Date:      Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:33:10 +0200
From:      Alexey Shuvaev <shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, Sean <sean@gothic.net.au>, Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Interface auto-cloning bug or feature?
Message-ID:  <20080919203310.GA34131@localhost.my.domain>
In-Reply-To: <48D38DFF.8000803@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <48D2F942.4070801@FreeBSD.org> <20080919084201.GD44330@wep4035.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> <48D38DFF.8000803@FreeBSD.org>

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On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 04:33:19AM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Alexey Shuvaev wrote:
>>> [root@sp1 /usr/home/sobomax]# ifconfig -a
>>> tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>>> tun1: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>>> tun2: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>>> tun3: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>>>
>> Me too.
>> I have seen that using ppp(8) and security/vpnc.
>
> That what has caused me to look into this issue. You can find patch for  
> security/vpnc to prevent unbounded interface cloning here:
>
> http://sobomax.sippysoft.com/~sobomax/vpnc.diff
>
Ok, the patch prevents interface cloning, but I think it doesn't solve
the actual problem.
Let's wait for Maksim :)

Thanks,
Alexey.



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