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Date:      Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:26:28 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Cc:        Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it>, Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: new IPFW
Message-ID:  <3842EF84.68C78E5A@softweyr.com>
References:  <199911291247.NAA11271@info.iet.unipi.it> <xzp66yl303g.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> 
> Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it> writes:
> > > The attached patch prevents switching into promiscuous mode when
> > > running in "Network secure mode" (securelevel 3 or higher).
> >
> > What happens with yout patch if i need to run an mrouted on such a
> > machine ?
> 
> It'll crash and burn, which demonstrates the inadequacy of the secure
> level mechanism.

Or you start mrouted before going to securelevel 3.

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/


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