Robert Woodcock wrote: > On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 07:40:20PM -0800, David Liontooth wrote: > >> It's good to see you're still here! I'd like the functionality of the >> programs, but in their current shape they consistently crash and leave >> your machine vulnerable. Anyway, the decision is yours. >> > > Do they leave your machine any more vulnerable than if you had left one of > the tools (or tcpdump, or ethereal/wireshark, or ngrep, etc) running for an > extended period of time? > No, they do not. The difference is that the programs in netdiag routinely crash, leaving your machine in a vulnerable state with no warning and indefinitely, while a program that runs properly is know to create a vulnerable state and exits promiscuous mode when it exits. > If so, please state how. > > If not, I plan to lower this bug's severity and merge it with the existing > bugs. > If there are platforms where the programs still run, they are indeed useful. If you decide to keep it in Debian without fixing it, I suggest you add a warning.
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