Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 20:53:59 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Vincent Poy <vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM> Cc: "Nicole H." <nicole@mediacity.com>, Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>, "[Mario1-]" <mario1@primenet.com>, JbHunt <johnnyu@accessus.net>, security@FreeBSD.ORG, Tomasz Dudziak <loco@onyks.wszib.poznan.pl> Subject: Re: security hole in FreeBSD Message-ID: <12855.870137639@orion.webspan.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:40:28 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95.970728173911.3844T-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM>
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Vincent Poy wrote in message ID <Pine.BSF.3.95.970728173911.3844T-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM>: > It seems the interface always goes into promiscuous mode though. Err? Not on my systems it doesn't. > Hmmm, if BPF isn't there, how will utils like trafshow work to > track people down? Track what people down? It's really a choice. You can run a secure shell server or you can run a shell server which, if hacked, becomes a real threat. I've taken certain liberties locally (bpf is still compiled in), but since the machine is right behind me (literally), and carefully watched, I'm not particularly worried right now. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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