Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 12:55:56 +0200 From: Laurent Fabre <fabre@matranet.com> To: Rasputin <rasputin@submonkey.net> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel-loadable Root Kits Message-ID: <200110051052.MAA02644@malraux.matranet.com> References: <20011004023034.U8391@blossom.cjclark.org> <20011004173535.0A2DE3B19D@gemini.nersc.gov> <200110050910.LAA22480@malraux.matranet.com> <200110050940.LAA25147@malraux.matranet.com> <200110050958.LAA26593@malraux.matranet.com>
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Rasputin wrote: > * Laurent Fabre <fabre@matranet.com> [011005 10:50]: > >>Rasputin wrote: >> >>>* Eli Dart <dart@nersc.gov> [011004 19:30]: >>> > >>>>>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. >>>> > >>please do commit it :) >> > > Eh? If I was a committer, I would - think I've missed your point? > > yup sorry wrong reply :) -- #--------------------------------------------# # 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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