From owner-cvs-all Thu Aug 27 15:25:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA15277 for cvs-all-outgoing; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:25:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA15165 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:24:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00661; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:21:45 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199808271521.PAA00661@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Matthew Dillon cc: Sean Eric Fagan , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ping ping.8 ping.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 27 Aug 1998 10:15:51 MST." <199808271715.KAA14986@apollo.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:21:45 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > : > :In article <199808271624.JAA14693.kithrup.freebsd.cvs-all@apollo.backplane.com> you write: > :> I really don't think login.conf is the place to put application-specific > :> restrictions. > : > :No, you apparantly think that applications are the place to put site-specific > :restrictions. > > No, I think *system* suid and sgid applications need to protect themselves > from potential user abuse. This is quite valid; but "the number of packets sent before exiting" doesn't protect from any abuse. > Hey dude, are you trying to start a flame war? No. Sean's comment was quite fair in context, although perhaps a little insensitive in delivery. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com