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Date:      Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:30:44 +0000
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>
To:        Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, ru@FreeBSD.org, cjc@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet in_pcb.c 
Message-ID:  <200302211530.h1LFUiPE034532@grimreaper.grondar.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:17:09 GMT." <20030221151709.GH68768@survey.codeburst.net> 

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Paul Richards writes:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:42:42PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> writes:
> > > I think some features should be labelled as "experimental". This is a
> > > change that may have some benefit but may also be one that we wish
> > > hadn't happened and therefore it should be clear that this is a feature
> > > that's been implemented "to see how it goes" when deployed more widely.
> > 
> > It is not a change.  It is a new configuration knob which, if left
> > alone, changes absolutely nothing.
> 
> Yes, but if a lot of people start changing this setting and FreeBSD gets
> a reputation for being insecure then we may wish we hadn't provided the
> knob.

Oh, please. :-)

# rm -rf /

Has much greater foot-shooting potential, and its harder to disable than
upping your securelevel.

M
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Mark Murray
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