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From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/tc am7990.c src/sys/contrib/dev/oltr         if_oltr.c src/sys/dev/ed if_ed.c src/sys/dev/iicbus if_ic
In-Reply-To: <199909251206.FAA34815@freefall.freebsd.org> from Poul-Henning Kamp at "Sep 25, 1999 05:06:02 am"
To: phk@FreeBSD.org (Poul-Henning Kamp)
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 09:42:22 -0700 (PDT)
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> phk         1999/09/25 05:06:02 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/alpha/tc         am7990.c 
>     sys/contrib/dev/oltr if_oltr.c 
...
>     sys/pci              if_de.c if_fxp.c 
>   Log:
>   Remove NBPF conditionality of bpf calls in most of our network drivers.
...

Can I ask that work on this be stopped for a few days while I get a
proper legal opinion on 18 USC 2510 et seq.  These changes that make
the drivers without modification able to intercept all traffic on the
wire puts the FreeBSD kernel itself in a situation that it may be
classified as a wire tapping device under this part of the Code.

I am not asking that this be backed out, just that any additional changes
that put us that much closer to having BPF be a run time turnon be stopped.

I also am not asking that we remove BPF from the default config file,
at this time, though I have done so on all local configuration files.

-- 
Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25)                    rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net


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