Re: DHCP

[Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com>]

Quoting Alvin Oga (aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com):

> i think you want  at least one level of protection against dhcp
> 	- prevent any tom, dick and harry from creating havoc
> 	by running their rootkits by connecting their laptop to the
> 	network

Um, Alvin?  You might want to look up the definition of "rootkit".
This confusion has also come up elsewhere, on LinuxToday:
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-09-20-011-26-SC-SV

> - spoofing and other techie stuff requires one more year of school

Setting a fake MAC address requires nothing more than reading the
ifconfig manpage.  Acquiring one to "borrow" requires nothing more than
unning tcpdump or equivalent.

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