Today, Bob Bell gleaned this insight:
> "Karl J. Runge" wrote:
>
> > If any user on a Unix system could send out any sort of ICMP requests,
> > he could throttle/kill/reject/etc a connection that another user (on the
> > same machine) was making. Hence root permission is needed in general to
> > protect user's.
> >
> > Of course on a Windows box everybody is root, so one can any nasty thing
> > they please because it is basically a single-user model.
>
> This strikes me as insecure anyway. What if I bring in my Linux
> laptop and plug it into your network when your not looking? I've root
> on my own system, so now I can send out ICMP to your machines...
Right. What we need is a permit system where you're not allowed to send
out ICMP packets unless you have filled out the appropriate paperwork and
had it stamped by the appropriate government officials.
The penalty for violation would of course be death.
:)
Interaction with others, wether in cyberspace or in reality always
presents a security risk of some kind. But it's part of life, and you
just have to accept it.
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