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Message-ID: <20130923085550.GD3697@gremlin.ru>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:55:50 +0400
From: gremlin@...mlin.ru
To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Owl 3.0 and Virtual Machine Setup?
On 21-Sep-2013 02:47:51 +0400, Solar Designer wrote:
>> Would you happen to know how to start the dhcp client?
> You might be surprised and disappointed, but we do not
> officially provide a DHCP client in Owl. (We do provide
> a DHCP server, though.) This is something we've been
> meaning to change (for use cases such as yours), by
> introducing a properly privilege-separated DHCP client,
> but haven't gotten around to doing yet.
I still think installing /usr/bin/dhclient 0700 root:root
for manual on-demand running (`dhclient -1 eth0`) will not
impose any real risk - people who care of security normally
know where and how they are connected and whether they are
willing to use such connection.
--
Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin <gremlin ПРИ gremlin ТЧК ru>
GPG: 8832FE9FA791F7968AC96E4E909DAC45EF3B1FA8 @ hkp://keys.gnupg.net
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