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Date:      Mon, 08 Feb 1999 23:12:16 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Geoff Rehmet" <geoffr@is.co.za>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ 
Message-ID:  <199902090712.XAA00580@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 Feb 1999 08:29:22 GMT." <19990209082922.17759.qmail@rucus.ru.ac.za> 

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> - DHCP-WIDE requires you to have bpf configured into your kernel
>   for a GENERIC kernel, this is VERY BAD - is there a more elegant 
>   way to handle this?  I certainly would not like to see the
>   generic kernel in the distribution going out into the world with
>   bpf enabled.

That's not "VERY BAD".  Bpf imposes a slight performance, hit, but 
that's about all.  Don't start whining about the "security issues"; 
they're so trivial to be beyond worry.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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