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Date:      Sun, 28 Nov 1999 12:24:08 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern kern_fork.c src/sys/libkern arc4random.c src/sys/sys libkern.h
Message-ID:  <19991128122408.B42497@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <199911281751.JAA40710@freefall.freebsd.org>; from dan@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 09:51:09AM -0800
References:  <199911281751.JAA40710@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>   Introduce OpenBSD-like Random PIDs.  Controlled by a sysctl knob
>   (kern.randompid), which is currently defaulted off.

Why default to off?  If we want to be serious about upping security a
notch, then do it.

-- 
-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com)


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