Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 19:12:59 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Berkeley packet filter Message-ID: <200110020013.f920Cxw37586@grumpy.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> of "Mon, 01 Oct 2001 21:22:19 %2B1000." <20011001212219.J482@k7.mavetju.org>
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Edwin Groothuis writes: > > 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. ... It would be nice if the above could additionally say, "DHCP needs bpf". My kernel config is so noted because I have a tendancy to remove bpf on being scared off by the above note. Every year or so I get bit again setting up another machine for somebody else... -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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