Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 00:20:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Init(8) cannot decrease securelevel Message-ID: <m11OFYh-0008G5C@rip.psg.com>
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> date: 1997/06/25 07:31:47; author: joerg; state: Exp; lines: +2 -2 > Don't ever allow lowering the securelevel at all. Allowing it does > nothing good except of opening a can of (potential or real) security > holes. People maintaining a machine with higher security requirements > need to be on the console anyway, so there's no point in not forcing > them to reboot before starting maintenance. the only time this is annoying to me is that i have to reboot before doing a buildworld. randy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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