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Date:      Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:49:45 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tcpdump 
Message-ID:  <199902031549.KAA24669@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990203004346.21838E-100000@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.05.9902030015490.7728-100000@dragon> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990203004346.21838E-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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<<On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 00:48:34 -0500 (EST), Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> said:

> Bpfilter is a useful piece of functionality required for dhcp, a service
> that is increasingly popular.

Actually, it is not required for DHCP.  However, the implementational
requirements of DHCP currently run afoul of bugs (or misfeatures) in
the IP stack which currently require DHCP programs to circumvent IP in
order to operate.

-GAWollman

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