Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 12:17:35 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> Cc: David Cross <dcrosstech@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Bug 207069 (loader password kills boot) Message-ID: <CANCZdfr0pRiN08ZVn%2B2x%2BTk6suAbkg7Ui_X-9S=E14WfqDFMYg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CACNAnaEEd_DoJg_9B=Y2GuL=R40ShTA27fgXis3jMiSgVdN9-A@mail.gmail.com> References: <7630266D-D078-41B3-BC27-32EBF65540C4@gmail.com> <CACNAnaEEd_DoJg_9B=Y2GuL=R40ShTA27fgXis3jMiSgVdN9-A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 12:12 PM, Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 1:07 PM, David Cross <dcrosstech@gmail.com> wrote: > > The aforementioned bug has been open for over 2 years, with attached and > tested patches. At least one other has commented. > > > > Could we please have it for 11.2/12.0? > > Hi, > > CC'ing Devin, our local Forth-fu-fighter. If it looks ok to Devin, one > of us should go ahead and shuffle this through. > Yes. I've looked at this code a fair amount, and I don't understand why this is needed and why it would make things work. Since it is a security thing, I'm very reluctant to push it in absent better understanding of why it works. Warner
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