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version 1.1.1.2, 2014/06/15 16:26:43	version 1.1.1.3, 2016/10/18 13:16:10
Line 197 A: Be my guest, but if care about security at all yo	Line 197 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	That being said, on Linux you can add the CAP_NET_RAW capability to arping
limiting the damage if arping were to be compromised:	limiting the damage if arping were to be compromised:
sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep /usr/local/sbin/arping	sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep /usr/local/sbin/arping
This requires a libnet which does not explicitly check for uid 0. The	This requires a libnet 1.1.5 or higher, which does not explicitly check for
current version of libnet does check this, so unless you patch it it will	uid 0.
not help.

Patch:	For older versions of Libnet:
http://github.com/ThomasHabets/libnet/commit/aaa383b5c816107082508b7646929a9479b81645	http://github.com/ThomasHabets/libnet/commit/aaa383b5c816107082508b7646929a9479b81645
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Q: What's this -A switch all about, I don't understand it.	Q: What's this -A switch all about, I don't understand it.