13 Sep
2016
13 Sep
'16
11:17 a.m.
On 13 September 2016 at 19:44, Ryan K. Brooks <ryan at hack.net> wrote:
Are ifconfig, netstat, traceroute, et al really
insecure?
Well, OK, no, not that I know of!
(Maybe a case
could be made for traceroute)
Wouldn't know.
But AIUI the new ``ip'' command subsumes a lot of this stuff. I'm not
very au fait with it but it was high time -- it was due for some
rationalisation.
These types of changes to the core of
userland are epic dumb IMHO.
Why? Seriously?
Telnet is very useful for debugging, and
certainly dropping telnetd is a good thing - which everyone has done.
So add it back if you need it.
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