From owner-freebsd-security Fri Apr 11 22:49:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA15793 for security-outgoing; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:49:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA15763; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:48:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id PAA08378; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 15:18:29 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199704120548.PAA08378@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Virutal Interfaces how ?? In-Reply-To: <199704111924.UAA02103@bastion.netlink.co.uk> from Christiaan Keet at "Apr 11, 97 08:24:49 pm" To: trig@netlink.co.uk Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 15:18:29 +0930 (CST) Cc: mike@NetworX.ie, rama@easynet.fr, security@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-security@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Christiaan Keet stands accused of saying: > > > > If alias is on different IP network: > > # ifconfig ed0 inet 194.9.12.99 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias > > We use this quite extensively, but is there any way of de-configuring > one of these aliases without rebooting the machine? With Linux you > can just do an 'ifconfig ed0 down' I believe. ifconfig ed0 delete will remove one alias at a time. Not perhaps as nice as being able to delete a nominated alias, but it can be adequate. > Christiaan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[