On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:16:52 +1000 Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> listen needs to open a socket to receive all traffic (like packet > sniffing on ethernet), which only root can do. So listen must be > either run by root, or run as root using setuid. I understand the logic that only root can sniff packets and such. However with several protocols not using connected packets (aprs, satellites, bouncing packets off the ISS, etc) it seems to me to possibly cause more security problems then it solves. It seems like things that would use UDP in the TCP/IP world end up having to run as root with its related problems. I just wish there was a better way. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
