Re: Linux FBB and Unproto list.

[Tim Salo]

> Date:   Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:39:06 -0000 (GMT)
> From: Dirk Koopman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Linux FBB and Unproto list.
>       [...]
> Please would you answer the question? Why does it _actually_ need root
> privileges for ax25 protocol traffic? We are talking here about something
> which, whatever you do, is insecure. Anybody can program a TNC to be any
> callsign. Anybody can monitor anything using a TNC. Why does linux have to be
> different? 
>       [...]

I assume the answer is because the analogous function for IP requires
root privileges in UNIX systems.

Note that UNIX systems are typically thought of as multiuser systems,
rather than embedded or dedicated communications systems.

-tjs