Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:18:04 +0000 From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> To: Iain Hibbert <plunky@rya-online.net> Cc: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: l2ping(8) and -f switch Message-ID: <20110328101804.GA39095@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.NEB.2.00.1103280751410.3331@galant.ukfsn.org> References: <20110328001258.GA70156@freebsd.org> <alpine.NEB.2.00.1103280751410.3331@galant.ukfsn.org>
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On Mon Mar 28 11, Iain Hibbert wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2011, Alexander Best wrote: > > > thus i believe making the -f switch only accessable to super-users (in > > accordance with ping(8)/ping6(8)) would increase security. > > what stops the user from recompiling l2ping without this restriction? nothing. but what stops him from recompiling ping(8) or ping6(8) without the restriction? still it's there. if an admin is concerned that users may be bringing in foreign code or change existing code, he should not give them access to compilers/assembler on the system imo. > > iain -- a13x
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