Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:28:02 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> To: brett@lariat.org Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BPF on in 3.3-RC GENERIC kernel Message-ID: <99Sep16.092554est.40351@border.alcanet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990915170025.048d0b00@localhost>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> wrote: >Maybe it's a religious issue, or maybe some utility depends on it. As Harry pointed out, this has been discussed to death on several mailing lists. BPF is necessary so the DHCP client software will work - and DHCP client is now felt to be essential. It's also necessary for some userland ppp facilities. If you feel stringly enough about the issue, feel free to submit patches so that DHCP client will work without BPF. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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