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Who else remembers when tcpdump kept on refusing to put a "see raw packet" option because you might use it to steal passwords?

Those were the days. Now all I can complain about is that you need root permissions on OpenBSD merely to read a capture file.



you need root permissions on OpenBSD merely to read a capture file.

How does that even work? It seems like if you can read the file there is nothing stoping you from trying to parse its contents.


It's in the binary. You can bring your own /usr/sbin/tcpdump if you wish. If this seems like an incredibly low bar to you, I agree.




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