[TriLUG] icmp as non-root (on Mandrake)

[Tanner Lovelace]

On 28 Sep 2004 09:20:22 -0400, Jon Carnes <jonc at nc.rr.com> wrote:
 
> I thought a lot about this and the only explanation I can gedanken is
> that they don't want (non-root) trojans to have access to icmp via ping.
> Still Mandrake has fping which comes set-uid root and works fine for
> users - so maybe the thought is that you simply need to obscure an
> application that has set-uid root and can use icmp freely?

I don't think fping gets installed with a standard installation.  I know I
don't have it on my Mandrake system, although I do see it when I 
query with urpmq and urpmf.  It's possible that fping has just been 
overlooked.  What's the f stand for anyway?
 
> Anyway... Thank God it's open source and we can easily change it to
> match our needs!

Absolutely. :-)

Cheers,
Tanner