From owner-freebsd-security Thu Feb 4 09:37:17 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA21338 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 09:37:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz (mta.xtra.co.nz [203.96.92.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA21331 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 09:37:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from junkmale@pop3.xtra.co.nz) Received: from wocker ([210.55.210.87]) by mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz (InterMail v04.00.02.07 201-227-108) with SMTP id <19990204173804.XFLS678125.mta2-rme@wocker>; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 06:38:04 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" Organization: The FreeBSD Diary To: Kenneth Ingham Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 06:37:02 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Enabling bpf device in kernel (was: Re: tcpdump) Reply-to: junkmale@xtra.co.nz CC: security@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <19990204093547.A3001@socrates.i-pi.com> References: <19990204102322.28863@amber.org>; from Christopher G. Petrilli on Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 10:23:22AM -0500 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) Message-Id: <19990204173804.XFLS678125.mta2-rme@wocker> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 4 Feb 99, at 9:35, Kenneth Ingham wrote: > The idea of a question at install time to decide whether to use DHCP or > a statis IP addr sounds good to me, as does making ISC DCHP part of the > normal distribution (it's what I always use as a UNIX client). This reminds me of a question that came to mind yesterday. When I was first installing FreeBSD, I had a devil of time getting DHCP installed. I did not have the CDs and had to FTP it from my local LAN. If I was running standalone, how would I have gotten DHCP installed? It's a chicken and egg situation. I can't access the net until I get DHCP installed and I can't get DHCP without net access. Given that, I strongly support what Kenneth just said. Unless of course someone can show me how I could have installed DHCP without CDs and on a standalone computer? -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message