Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:53:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: peter@netplex.com.au (Peter Wemm) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, ady@warpnet.ro, softweyr@xmission.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using MD5 insted of DES for passwd ecnryption Message-ID: <199804201953.NAA15966@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <199804201324.VAA04518@spinner.netplex.com.au> from "Peter Wemm" at Apr 20, 98 09:24:27 pm
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Peter Wemm pointed out:
> Static linking really does restrict some of the creative things that can be
> done with dynamic linking. It would fix the two different versions of init
> for starters... But that'd mean creating a /lib (and /libexec/ld.so) and
> putting a selection of shared libs in there. As long as ld.so was robust
> enough to work without /var/run/ld.so.cache, this would not be a problem.
> Putting a selection (say 2MB) of shared libs in /lib would probably cut the
> 9.5MB of /bin+/sbin to 3MB tops, leaving an overall root fs space saving.
> But we'd also be able to use things like PAM (heaven forbid), runtime
> selection of gethostbyname() backends (files,DNS,NIS,whatever). The
> removal of the files,dns,nis stuff (into a seperate library each) could
> save overall libc.so size. Adding NIS+ support would be as simple as
> adding one line to a file and everything could support it automatically
> without relinking etc. Same thing for new crypt routines for passwd stuff.
>
> However, the thought of having ld.so on / and a dynamic sh and init seems
> to make some people break out into a cold sweat...
Sounds like the overall win might make it worthwhile, over in -current
land. This would be a big win for making small, embedded FreeBSD
systems as well. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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