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Date:      Tue, 3 Mar 2015 14:55:28 +0300 (MSK)
From:      Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r279361 - in head: sys/kern sys/sys usr.sbin/jail
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1503031455000.29302@woozle.rinet.ru>
In-Reply-To: <1425327800.1287.7.camel@freebsd.org>
References:  <201502271628.t1RGSurE067472@svn.freebsd.org> <54F42726.3000602@freebsd.org> <1425327800.1287.7.camel@freebsd.org>

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On Mon, 2 Mar 2015, Ian Lepore wrote:

> > > Log:
> > >    Allow the kern.osrelease and kern.osreldate sysctl values to be set in a
> > >    jail's creation parameters.  This allows the kernel version to be reliably
> > >    spoofed within the jail whether examined directly with sysctl or
> > >    indirectly with the uname -r and -K options.
> > > [..]
> > 
> > >    There is no sanity or range checking, other than disallowing an empty
> > >    release string or a zero release date, by design.  The system
> > >    administrator is trusted to set sane values.  Setting values that are
> > >    newer than the actual running kernel will likely cause compatibility
> > >    problems.
> > >    
> > I would think that you could at set time ensure that only older 
> > releases were allowed..
> > I'm not sure what the rule would be with sub-sub-jails..  older than 
> > parent, or older than base system..?
> > 
> > 
> 
> I am a really really strong believer in giving administrators complete
> control of their systems.  If they want to do "something stupid" because
> it works for them, I'm not going to stop them.

Well, what about giving them a hinting warning in such case?


-- 
Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
[ FreeBSD committer:                                 marck@FreeBSD.org ]
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