From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Oct 6 9:30: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 645851570E for ; Wed, 6 Oct 1999 09:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id JAA30091; Wed, 6 Oct 1999 09:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 09:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199910061630.JAA30091@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Warner Losh Subject: Re: kern/10860: bpf overwrites source ethernet addresses when writing to a bpf descriptor Reply-To: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR kern/10860; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Warner Losh To: "Christopher N . Harrell" Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, dima@rdy.com, security-officer@freebsd.org, pst@juniper.net, cmsedore@maxwell.syr.edu Subject: Re: kern/10860: bpf overwrites source ethernet addresses when writing to a bpf descriptor Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 10:24:58 -0600 In message <19991005050455.A2780@foo.ems.mindspring.net> "Christopher N . Harrell" writes: : I just ported the netbsd solution and added a manpage update. This solution : works, and is already a bsd-ish standard. This looks OK to me. The security implications are something that I'm not sure of. However given that it can be done in a kld, I think that this is ok. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message