From owner-freebsd-security Wed Feb 3 07:50:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA27510 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 07:50:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA27505 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 07:50:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA24669; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:49:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:49:45 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199902031549.KAA24669@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Robert Watson Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tcpdump In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org < said: > Bpfilter is a useful piece of functionality required for dhcp, a service > that is increasingly popular. Actually, it is not required for DHCP. However, the implementational requirements of DHCP currently run afoul of bugs (or misfeatures) in the IP stack which currently require DHCP programs to circumvent IP in order to operate. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message