Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:35:58 +0100 From: Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>, Peter Jeremy <jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tcpdump(1) additions. Message-ID: <19990630083557.A69889@palmerharvey.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990630002034.12253A-100000@current1.whistle.com>; from Julian Elischer on Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 12:22:08AM -0700 References: <l030209c0b39f7b21b364@[194.32.164.2]> <Pine.BSF.3.95.990630002034.12253A-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 12:22:08AM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > It would make sense except that the last time someone tried, some people > complained that it made it too easy to sniff passwords etc. Ok, so how about making it a compile time option, turned off by default? That way, you have to recompile it from source. I suppose it's a little bit of "security through obscurity", though. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "How Unix vendors can ship ancient shells with no job control and no cursor editing by default and still wonder why people buy NT is beyond me." - Alan Cox -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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