[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 01:04:15PM -0800, Justin Walker wrote:
> Security holes.

There might also be security holes or other vulnerabilities in the
program you're using to capture - if the BPF devices are readable by
you, you don't have to run those programs as root.

> Of course, if you own the root password, you can do what you want, and 
> if the system is in your possession at all times, etc.

I.e., you're talking here about preventing people who get access to your
machine but don't have the root password from using your machine to
capture network traffic?