Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 21:25:43 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.org>, 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: <17682.943820743@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 28 Nov 1999 12:24:08 PST." <19991128122408.B42497@dragon.nuxi.com>
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In message <19991128122408.B42497@dragon.nuxi.com>, "David O'Brien" writes: >> 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. Because that gives people a chance to test it a bit ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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