Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 11:44:40 +0200 From: Laurent Fabre <fabre@matranet.com> To: Rasputin <rasputin@submonkey.net> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel-loadable Root Kits Message-ID: <200110050940.LAA25147@malraux.matranet.com> References: <20011004023034.U8391@blossom.cjclark.org> <20011004173535.0A2DE3B19D@gemini.nersc.gov> <200110050910.LAA22480@malraux.matranet.com>
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Rasputin wrote: > * Eli Dart <dart@nersc.gov> [011004 19:30]: > >>In reply to "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> : >> >>[snip] >> >> >>>Have fun. Unless there is outpouring from people who love the idea, >>>I'm not going to commit these to FreeBSD. >>> >>Please consider this as part of an outpouring of support from people >>who love the idea. >> > > "me too". > > Isn't this fairly common among the other BSDs as well? > > An alternative to securelevel is sometimes useful, > and KLDs are a fairly well-known attack method against *BSD. > > I don't see any harm in adding it as an option - it's doesn't have to > (definitely shouldn't be) the default, of course. > > >>I don't always have the option of running a box >>in securelevel 1, and I would like to have this knob available, even >>though it doesn't fix the problem all the way. Something similar >>used to exist in FreeBSD 3.x -- I was sorry when it went away. >> >> --eli >> > > -- > Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > please do commit it :) -- #--------------------------------------------# # Laurent Fabre # # fabre@matranet.com # /\ ASCII ribbon # EADS, Matranet Product Group # \/ campaign # # /\ against # "foreach if-diff, # / \ HTML email # you need to re-make world...." # #--------------------------------------------# To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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