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Message-ID: <3EA55CFA.20293.1A9B42C@localhost>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:17:15 -0500
From: "Steve Bremer" <steveb@...coinc.com>
To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Next Release
> To me, the primary reasons for Owl to move to 2.4.x aren't the more
> extensive firewalling features, but rather availability of drivers for
> newer hardware (most importantly disk controllers) and improved kernel
That's a very good point. I've stayed with the 3ware IDE RAID
controllers for all of my Owl machines (which is well supported in
2.2.x). So, I haven't ran into driver issues yet.
> interfaces which allow to do neat things such as Olaf Kirch's
> non-SUID/SGID traceroute that behaves more like the traditional one.
I did not realize that. Indeed that would be a nice benefit. Is it
possible in 2.2.x to have ping and traceroute use capabilities and
drop all other root privs shortly after startup?
> Thank you for your feedback, -- it really helps.
You're welcome. Thanks for Owl!
Steve Bremer
NEBCO, Inc.
System & Security Administrator
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