From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 1 4:26:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A449237B412 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2001 04:22:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 813912B6AC; Mon, 1 Oct 2001 13:22:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DC82894; Mon, 1 Oct 2001 21:22:19 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 21:22:19 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Ceri Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Berkeley packet filter Message-ID: <20011001212219.J482@k7.mavetju.org> References: <20011001010827.A18339@linus.highpoint.edu> <20011001095648.B1780@cartman.private.techsupport.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011001095648.B1780@cartman.private.techsupport.co.uk>; from ceri@techsupport.co.uk on Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 09:56:48AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 09:56:48AM +0100, Ceri wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 01:08:27AM -0400, Zach Hartley said: > > I was looking through the GENERIC kernel configuration and noticed that it > > enables bpf by default, but warns the user to "be aware of the > > administrative consequences of this". So I was wondering, if its something > > to be worried about, why is it in GENERIC? Also, do I need it for anything? > > IIRC, GENERIC warns you to be wary of the consequences of _disabling_ bpf. # The `bpf' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter. Be # aware of the legal and administrative consequences of enabling this # option. ... What it probably means is that you shouldn't use the bpf to snoop the traffic on your LAN unless you're allowed to do it. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message