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Date:      Mon, 06 Dec 1999 12:53:42 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG, audit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern kern_fork.c src/sys/libkern arc4random.c src/sys/sys libkern.h 
Message-ID:  <26871.944477622@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 05 Dec 1999 12:16:43 PST." <19991205121643.A69177@dragon.nuxi.com> 

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On Sun, 05 Dec 1999 12:16:43 PST, "David O'Brien" wrote:

> Well there you go, we now have an example that you can't depend on the
> linear behavior in Unix.  So we have a strong case for making random PIDs
> the default.

Nah, just leave the historical linear assignment as the default mode
of operation for the sake of POLA and document the knob for random
assignment in rc.conf.5 and wherever else might be appropriate.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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