From owner-cvs-all Sat Sep 25 10: 2:15 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A732914E5C; Sat, 25 Sep 1999 10:02:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@mat.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA15260; Sat, 25 Sep 1999 13:02:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@mat.net) Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 13:02:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Bill Paul Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org 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: <19990925165827.66C4214EC7@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Bill Paul wrote: > > In message <199909251642.JAA07776@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, "Rodney W. Grimes" writes > > : > > > > >> 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. > > > > I suggest that have business as usual until we see what Sun does > > about snoop in Solaris. If they don't feel like they have a problem, > > we most certainly doesn't have one either. > > And SNOOP sockets in IRIX, and DLPI in HP-UX, and BPF in AIX (BPF is > a loadable module in AIX, and tcpdump is included with the OS). If you can't adequately monitor/supervise your network connections without bpf, and you use it regularly to solve problems, then it's in the realm of things like telephone linemen's test telephones, which can also be used to bug lines, right? Is that legal reference available online anywheres? > > -Bill > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C programming, Electronics, 213 Lakeside Dr. Apt. T-1 | communications, and signal processing. Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic.mat.net: FreeBSD-current(i386) and (301) 220-2114 | jaunt.mat.net : FreeBSD-current(Alpha) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message