--- embedaddon/arping/README 2014/06/15 16:26:43 1.1.1.2 +++ embedaddon/arping/README 2016/10/18 13:16:10 1.1.1.3 @@ -197,11 +197,10 @@ A: Be my guest, but if care about security *at all* yo That being said, on Linux you can add the CAP_NET_RAW capability to arping limiting the damage if arping were to be compromised: sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep /usr/local/sbin/arping - This requires a libnet which does not explicitly check for uid 0. The - current version of libnet does check this, so unless you patch it it will - not help. + This requires a libnet 1.1.5 or higher, which does not explicitly check for + uid 0. - Patch: + For older versions of Libnet: http://github.com/ThomasHabets/libnet/commit/aaa383b5c816107082508b7646929a9479b81645 --- Q: What's this -A switch all about, I don't understand it.