From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 6 04:03:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA12401 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 04:03:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.crl.com (mail.crl.com [165.113.1.22]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA12394 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 04:03:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Guard.PolyNet.Lviv.UA by mail.crl.com with SMTP id AA07756 (5.65c/IDA-1.5 for ); Tue, 6 Aug 1996 04:01:41 -0700 Received: (from smap@localhost) by Guard.PolyNet.Lviv.UA (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA20757 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 14:05:27 +0300 Received: from netadmin.lp.lviv.ua(192.168.0.2) by Guard.PolyNet.Lviv.UA via smap (V2.0alpha) id xma020755; Tue, 6 Aug 96 14:05:23 +0300 Received: from NETADMIN/SpoolDir by netadmin.lp.lviv.ua (Mercury 1.21); 6 Aug 96 14:02:19 +0200 Received: from SpoolDir by NETADMIN (Mercury 1.22-b2); 6 Aug 96 14:02:05 +0200 From: "Adrian Pavlykevych" Organization: Lvivska Polytechnica To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 14:02:03 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Subject: Q:Meanings of kern.securelevel values Reply-To: pam@polynet.lviv.ua Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.42a) Message-Id: <130FC92520A@netadmin.lp.lviv.ua> Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Can someone from kernel whizards list valid values for kern.securelevel, with their possible applications and implications? I.E. what kind of value is suitable for hardening FreeBSD installation (firewall, router) and what steps in OS configuration are necessary to use it (changing file permitions, immutable flags etc.). My appologies if this is a FAQ (I have never seen complete answer for it :-( Adrian Pavlykevych | State University "Lvivska Polytechnica" System Administrator | 12, St. Bandery str, Campus Computer Network | Lviv, 290646 email: pam@polynet.lviv.ua | Ukraine tel/fax:+380 (322) 742041 |