Problem with ping-check?

[Matthias Eble]

> Well, it's bugs in /bin/ping or bugs in check_icmp. Both of them drop
> root privs immediately after having obtained the raw socket, so the attack
> vector is severely limited.

Of course, but to me that's the only reason why check_ping should not be 
substituted by check_icmp in the tarball installation.

Matthias

btw: wrong list :)




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