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Date:      Wed, 3 Feb 1999 07:58:55 -0500
From:      Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To:        Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
Cc:        "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, woodford@cc181716-a.hwrd1.md.home.com, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tcpdump
Message-ID:  <19990203075855.A22692@weathership.homeport.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990202233308.21838C-100000@fledge.watson.org>; from Robert Watson on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 11:35:47PM -0500
References:  <9575.918011566@zippy.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990202233308.21838C-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 11:35:47PM -0500, Robert Watson wrote:

| securelevel code generally requires a lot of modifications to the base
| system, so my temptation is to ignore the issue, but create a securelevel
| man page that discusses "things to do in making a securelevel-friendly
| system", and add to it: disable bpf.

The OpenBSD folks have done all the work needed to run a 'normal'
system with securelevel 1.  Its not a very agressive implementation at 
the level of what the attributes are set to, but its a baseline that
FreeBSD could work from.

Adam


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"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
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