Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:01:09 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Richard Dawes <rdawes@ucsd.edu> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tcpdump Message-ID: <199902031601.LAA24689@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990203015359.21387A-100000@leucadia> References: <199902030850.TAA25314@cheops.anu.edu.au> <Pine.SOL.3.96.990203015359.21387A-100000@leucadia>
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<<On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:31:36 -0800 (PST), "Richard J. Dawes" <rjdawes@physics.ucsd.edu> said: >> From "LINT": > "The `bpfilter' pseudo-device enables the Berkely Packet Filter. Be > aware of the LEGAL and administrative consequences of enabling this > option." [emphasis mine] > forced to wonder if there were not some more legalistic reason behind the I wrote that text. It was intended as a CYA since network eavesdropping (the only thing people used BPF for at the time) is probably regulated by law and/or company policies in many places. (For example, depending on the circumstances, the US Privacy Act might apply. IANAL; if it matters to you, hire one.) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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