Interface auto-cloning bug or feature?

[Maksim Yevmenkin]

On 9/19/08, Alexey Shuvaev <shuvaev at physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 04:33:19AM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
>  > Alexey Shuvaev wrote:
>  >>> [root at sp1 /usr/home/sobomax]# ifconfig -a
>  >>> tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>  >>> tun1: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>  >>> tun2: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>  >>> tun3: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>  >>>
>  >> Me too.
>  >> I have seen that using ppp(8) and security/vpnc.
>  >
>  > That what has caused me to look into this issue. You can find patch for
>  > security/vpnc to prevent unbounded interface cloning here:
>  >
>  > http://sobomax.sippysoft.com/~sobomax/vpnc.diff
>  >
>
> Ok, the patch prevents interface cloning, but I think it doesn't solve
>  the actual problem.
>  Let's wait for Maksim :)

yes, i got distracted by real job :( it will take me a little longer.
sorry about that.

max