bsdtalk005 - Unique Utilities

Published: Jan. 10, 2006, 3:13 a.m.

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\\nFreeBSD-SA-06:04.ipfw - An attacker can cause the firewall to crash by sending ICMP IP fragments.
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  • sushi - Part of the NetBSD 1.6 release. Has the same goals as sam on HP-UX, smit on AIX and other menu-driven configuration tools. How well does it work?
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  • sysinstall - Part of FreeBSD 2.0. Menu driven installer that can later be used to configure the system. From the man page: "This utility is a prototype which lasted several years past its expiration date and is greatly in need of death."
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  • OpenBSD doesn\'t try to use any home grown graphical configuration tools.
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