Re: Interface auto-cloning bug or feature?

From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:33:19 -0700
Alexey Shuvaev wrote:
>> [root_at_sp1 /usr/home/sobomax]# ifconfig -a
>> tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>> tun1: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>> tun2: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>> tun3: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>>
> Me too.
> I have seen that using ppp(8) and security/vpnc.

That what has caused me to look into this issue. You can find patch for 
security/vpnc to prevent unbounded interface cloning here:

http://sobomax.sippysoft.com/~sobomax/vpnc.diff

-Maxim
Received on Fri Sep 19 2008 - 09:33:20 UTC

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