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Date:      Wed, 3 Feb 1999 19:50:51 +1100 (EST)
From:      proff@suburbia.net
To:        peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au (Peter Jeremy)
Cc:        jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tcpdump
Message-ID:  <19990203085051.1688.qmail@suburbia.net>
In-Reply-To: <99Feb3.152750est.40350@border.alcanet.com.au> from Peter Jeremy at "Feb 3, 99 03:37:34 pm"

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> AFAIK, bpfilter is needed for:
> a) network debugging (eg using tcpdump)
> b) network monitoring (eg using ethereal)
> c) DHCP client

d) rarpd
e) ntop
f) trafshow
g) nmap
h) no doubt others

Frankly I'm sick of seeing anal security idiots undermining useful
functionality. I don't see why we should let this useless, winging
segment of the network community, which spends all its time working
out new ways to prevent people doing anything, shove their uncreative
bankrupt, and wholly paranoid philosophy down everyone else's throats.

Julian <proff@iq.org>

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