Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 13:34:54 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, 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: <28146.944480094@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Dec 1999 12:28:15 %2B0100." <v0422080ab4714b845138@[195.238.21.204]>
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On Mon, 06 Dec 1999 12:28:15 +0100, Brad Knowles wrote:
> I mean, we *are* talking about -CURRENT here, right? It's my
> understanding that anyone running -CURRENT has to expect that the
> thing won't be usable
One thing you're missing here is that CURRENT often _becomes_ STABLE
later. :-)
However, I think I agree with you. Perhaps a small POLA sacrifice for
the sake of a large security gain is cool. I don't see a massive gain
for day-to-day stuff myself, but folks are talking like it's a large
gain. Some of them are sensible folks. ;-)
Ciao,
Sheldon.
PS: Damnit, I didn't realize that the message I replied to originally
was a cross-post. Sorry.
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