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Date:      Wed, 17 Apr 2002 15:15:43 -0500
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip
Message-ID:  <20020417201542.GA14047@madman.nectar.cc>
In-Reply-To: <200204172008.g3HK8Sx19717@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
References:  <200204172008.g3HK8Sx19717@dc.cis.okstate.edu>

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On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 03:08:28PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
> 	Does this advisory apply to systems that do not function
> as routers

Yes.  Hosts have routing tables, too.

> but send and receive all their out-of-network traffic
> through a router?
> 
> 	If this is the lamest question that gets asked here, I am
> sorry, but I want to make sure I am not missing some non-obvious
> function that this memory leak involves.  Thank you very much.

Better safe than sorry.
-- 
Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc>                 http://www.nectar.cc/
NTT/Verio SME          .     FreeBSD UNIX     .       Heimdal Kerberos
jvidrine@verio.net     .  nectar@FreeBSD.org  .          nectar@kth.se

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