Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:28:00 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 231768] [request] Remove COMPAT_FREEBSD4 or newer default kernel options Message-ID: <bug-231768-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D231768 Bug ID: 231768 Summary: [request] Remove COMPAT_FREEBSD4 or newer default kernel options Product: Base System Version: CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: kern Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: voidanix@420blaze.it It's 2018. Support for FreeBSD4 ended in 2007, I think it is exaggerated to put COMPAT_FREEBSD4 in the GENERIC or MINIMAL kernel configs by default. I propose to remove COMPAT_FREEBSD4, COMPAT_FREEBSD5, COMPAT_FREEBSD6, COMPAT_FREEBSD7 and COMPAT_FREEBSD8 from those files. I could not think of a reason to keep those options enabled by default, I'm only seeing possible security vulnerabilities. (For example, HardenedBSD disabled those COMPAT* options other than COMPAT_FREEBSD10 for security reasons: see https://github.com/HardenedBSD/hardenedBSD/blob/hardened/current/master/sys= /amd64/conf/HARDENEDBSD) Thanks for hearing me out :P --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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