Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 22:52:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Buchanan <brian@thought.res.cmu.edu> To: Vincent Poy <vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security hole in FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970728224743.26892J-100000@thought.res.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970728190107.3844c-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM>
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On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Vincent Poy wrote: > =)> I know but when all the admins are remote, it has to be done > =)> multiuser. Is there a way to push the secure level up to 2 and then push > =)> it down when a make world is needed? > =) > =)It wouldn't be very secure then would it. > > You're right about that one. But wouldn't it still be possible to > kill the init process? That'll either take the system into single-user mode, cause it to reboot, or cause it to halt. I forget which. No matter which of those happens, it won't put the system back into multi-user with a lower securelevel, assuming you have the kernel go secure at startup (which you should if you intend to use securelevel).
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