From owner-freebsd-security Tue Jul 31 20:47:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-69.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A35A337B401; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 20:47:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8D82F66D5B; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 20:47:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 20:47:49 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: alexus Cc: George Reid , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Operation not permitted Message-ID: <20010731204748.A42718@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20010801041041.C92484-100000@sobek.lan> <006601c11a38$bc519b00$0100a8c0@alexus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <006601c11a38$bc519b00$0100a8c0@alexus>; from ml@db.nexgen.com on Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 11:19:11PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 11:19:11PM -0400, alexus wrote: > intersting... so basically what you sayin the only way to lower it is by > seting my boot scripts to -1 and restart ? Yes, that's the point ;-) It's also an intrinsic weakness in the securelevel concept, because anyone who can reboot your box can lower the securelevel. Yes, even if you chflags /etc/rc.conf (please see the archives if you're inclined to pursue this further, the topic has come up many times) Kris --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7Z3vkWry0BWjoQKURAhYYAKCBObT4Jm3BXnhWFXAOJMguigCC/QCgteT7 jTIpcQC+XluK/SKPG9KKooM= =W0rm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message