Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 06:37:02 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: Kenneth Ingham <ingham@i-pi.com> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Enabling bpf device in kernel (was: Re: tcpdump) Message-ID: <19990204173804.XFLS678125.mta2-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <19990204093547.A3001@socrates.i-pi.com> References: <19990204102322.28863@amber.org>; from Christopher G. Petrilli on Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 10:23:22AM -0500
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On 4 Feb 99, at 9:35, Kenneth Ingham wrote: > The idea of a question at install time to decide whether to use DHCP or > a statis IP addr sounds good to me, as does making ISC DCHP part of the > normal distribution (it's what I always use as a UNIX client). This reminds me of a question that came to mind yesterday. When I was first installing FreeBSD, I had a devil of time getting DHCP installed. I did not have the CDs and had to FTP it from my local LAN. If I was running standalone, how would I have gotten DHCP installed? <grin> It's a chicken and egg situation. I can't access the net until I get DHCP installed and I can't get DHCP without net access. Given that, I strongly support what Kenneth just said. Unless of course someone can show me how I could have installed DHCP without CDs and on a standalone computer? -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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