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Date:      Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:24:18 +0200
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        julian@whistle.com
Cc:        rb@gid.co.uk, jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tcpdump(1) additions.
Message-ID:  <736.930731058@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Jun 1999 00:22:08 -0700 (PDT)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.990630002034.12253A-100000@current1.whistle.com>

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> It would make sense except that the last time someone tried, some people
> complained that it made it too easy to sniff passwords etc.

There are plenty of patches to do this available, and plenty of other
packet sniffers that do this. AFAIK even the attitude of the tcpdump
maintainers is changing - precisely because this facility is so widely
available. Let us by all means have an ACII dump facility.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no


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