From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 13 08:50:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA15560 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 08:50:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA15554 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 08:50:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA14664; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 17:50:45 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id RAA30606; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 17:50:30 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981213175029.Q5444@follo.net> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 17:50:29 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Don Lewis , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding policy tuning knobs to my F_SETOWN/SIGIO/SIGURG enhancements References: <199812130828.AAA23748@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199812130828.AAA23748@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>; from Don Lewis on Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 12:28:56AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 12:28:56AM -0800, Don Lewis wrote: > > My previous security enhancements to the F_SETOWN/SIGIO/SIGURG in the 3.0 > kernel code made some policy decisions that were hard-wired into the code > but were commented in case someone needed to change them. I've decided > that would be good to allow the security policy to be tuned using some > sysctl knobs. Why? What benefits does the ability to relax permissions on this give? I can see the use for tuning 'em up, but not really down... Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message