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 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bluetooth To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
