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Date:      Tue, 31 Jul 2001 20:47:49 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        alexus <ml@db.nexgen.com>
Cc:        George Reid <greid@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Operation not permitted
Message-ID:  <20010731204748.A42718@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <006601c11a38$bc519b00$0100a8c0@alexus>; from ml@db.nexgen.com on Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 11:19:11PM -0400
References:  <20010801041041.C92484-100000@sobek.lan> <006601c11a38$bc519b00$0100a8c0@alexus>

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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

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