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List:       oss-security
Subject:    [oss-security] Re: xscreensaver package caps gets raw socket
From:       Tavis Ormandy <taviso () gmail ! com>
Date:       2021-04-17 14:41:15
Message-ID: 20210417144115.GA3514 () thinkstation
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On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 07:31:05AM -0700, Tavis Ormandy wrote:
> - The code could use ping sockets instead, but they're still rarely
>   enabled by default, and users have to set the ping_group_range sysctl.
>   I personally think it's time to enable them by default, but that's a
>   different discussion :-)
> 

Oh, I also pitched using popen("/bin/ping" ..), but I think nobody is
really convinced that will work, but I kinda like it :)

Tavis.

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