enc0 patch for ipsec

[Max Laier]

On Friday 16 June 2006 18:09, Scott Ullrich wrote:
> On 6/16/06, Max Laier <max at love2party.net> wrote:
> > The issue is, if an attacker manages to get root on your box they are
> > automatically able to read your IPSEC traffic ending at that box.  If you
> > don't have enc(4) compiled in, that would be more difficult to do.  Same
> > reason you don't want SADB_FLUSH on by default.
>
> Okay, this makes sense.  But couldn't you also argue that if someone
> gets access to the machine they could also use tcpdump to do the same
> thing technically on the internal interface?  Just playing devils
> advocate..  :)

Think tunnel2tunnel or an SA for a local connection, then.  Given, if you are 
root you *might* have other means to obtain that information, but that is why 
we have a switch to turn off bpf, kmem or the like.

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