[Wolves] Packet Protocols

Andy Wootton andy.wootton at wyrley.demon.co.uk
Wed Jul 7 07:28:21 BST 2004


Tom Edwards wrote:
> After recompiling a new kernel, 
> I now can't seem to get dhclient to get a lease from the blueyonder dhcp 
> server, it keeps complaining:
> 
> Jul  6 13:33:59 grasmere dhcpd-2.2.x: socket: Protocol not available - 
> make sure CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER are defined in your kernel 
> configuration!

This is very unlikely to be the problem and I can't remember the details 
but US CERT have announced a vulnerability in DHCP in the last few days. 
It may be worth eliminating it from your enquiries.

Woo




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