On 28 Sep 2004 09:20:22 -0400, Jon Carnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought a lot about this and the only explanation I can gedanken is > that they don't want (non-root) trojans to have access to icmp via ping. > Still Mandrake has fping which comes set-uid root and works fine for > users - so maybe the thought is that you simply need to obscure an > application that has set-uid root and can use icmp freely?
I don't think fping gets installed with a standard installation. I know I don't have it on my Mandrake system, although I do see it when I query with urpmq and urpmf. It's possible that fping has just been overlooked. What's the f stand for anyway? > Anyway... Thank God it's open source and we can easily change it to > match our needs! Absolutely. :-) Cheers, Tanner -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
