On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 04:39:06PM -0000, Dirk Koopman wrote:
> 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?
Because Linux tries to integrate AX.25 with Unix, rather than Unix with AX.25.
It treats AX.25 like just another protocol; it should be as secure as IP.
Obviously it is trivially easy to imitate someone else's callsign if you
really want to, even with linux.
Hamish
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