From owner-freebsd-security Fri Sep 17 11:44:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 533D01588B for ; Fri, 17 Sep 1999 11:44:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA02939; Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:43:44 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:43:43 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Brett Glass Cc: "Harry M. Leitzell" , Liam Slusser , Kenny Drobnack , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Securing a system that's been rooted remotely (Was: BPF on in 3.3-RC GENERIC kernel) Message-ID: <19990917134343.P16305@futuresouth.com> References: <4.2.0.58.19990916185341.00aaf100@localhost> <4.2.0.58.19990916232349.047c27a0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990916232349.047c27a0@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 11:25:05PM -0600 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 11:25:05PM -0600, a little birdie told me that Brett Glass remarked > > securelevel=2 and above disables LKMs, IIRC. I can't imagine anyone who would need and use a high securelevel like that, and still run a GENERIC kernel. If they do, then their worldview would seem to be slightly skewed. I run a custom (2.1.5-REL) kernel on musca, which is a 386 SX/20. It took 6 hours to compile. On mortis (4.0-CURRENT) a kernel takes approx. 2 minutes to compile. This is not a major time investment. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ FutureSouth Communications | ISPHelp ISP Consulting "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message