* Stefan Sperling <[email protected]> [2010-09-23 12:49]:
> > We already have knobs to control who can open tun(4) devices: they're
> > called filesystem permissions.
> It's just about having another barrier by default.

that's beyond ridiculous.

> It boils down to whether we're paranoid enough to believe that someone
> might be able to circumvent tun device file permissions without the admin's
> consent, for whatever reason.

ridiculous.

if "someone" is able to "circumvent file system permisions without the
admin's consent, for whatever reason" we have way bigger problems than
tun. 

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