Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 10:27:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: consequences of `bpfilter' pseudo-device Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960119102439.1005C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960119225519.20104B-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au>
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On Fri, 19 Jan 1996, Anthony Hill wrote: > May I ask, what are the legal and administrative consequences of enabling > bpfilter ? bpfilter gives you the opportunity to look inside all the packets coming across your local net. Not exactly great for security. Plus, you can see where packets are coming from and where they are going, so you can see that your boss browses www.playboy.com in his spare time, for example. Basically, it's a privacy issue. Great for debugging, but also for peeking in on what other people are doing. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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