Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 14:08:19 -0500 From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "broadcast ping" message Message-ID: <346670000.1050520099@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> In-Reply-To: <20030416120011.U46401-100000@moo.sysabend.org> References: <20030416120011.U46401-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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--On Wednesday, April 16, 2003 12:05:41 -0700 Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, John Polstra wrote: > >> Oh, drop it! Security fixes don't wait on standards. You've got a >> knob to make it do what you want -- so use it. Please stop the >> whining or at least remove me from the cc list. > > Since when is DOS a security issue? My issue is default behaviour > violating both POLA and RFC. You've got a knob to turn it off if it bugs > you. For clueless newbies that cause an ISP to be blacklisted, it sure as HECK **IS** a security issue. > > Jamie Bowden > > -- > "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" > Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" > Iain Bowen <alaric@alaric.org.uk> > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749
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