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Date:      Thu, 04 Feb 1999 17:18:28 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>
To:        James Wyatt <jwyatt@RWSystems.net>
Cc:        Chris Larsen <vader@vader.dk>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Enabling bpf device in kernel (was: Re: tcpdump) 
Message-ID:  <56329.918141508@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 Feb 1999 08:44:58 CST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902040837160.14557-100000@kasie.rwsystems.net> 

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On Thu, 04 Feb 1999 08:44:58 CST, James Wyatt wrote:

> While I understand your point, it smacks of elitism. Many of the admins
> clue-level started at the lame-level hacking on their own machine.

I hope that's not what _everyone_ saw in my mail. :-)

What I was getting at is that bpf-less kernels gain something specific
which I believe is of very little benefit to the only people who might
not turn bpf off themselves.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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