Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 15:44:22 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: secure level diffs to kern_mib.c, LINT Message-ID: <199610061344.PAA07635@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.93.961006123112.5756A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> from Michael Hancock at "Oct 6, 96 12:41:00 pm"
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As Michael Hancock wrote: > FreeBSD defaults securelevel to -1, use the following diffs if you prefer > normal bsd operations or want a choice. Man init(8) for details. > + #ifdef SECURE_MODE > + int securelevel; > + #else > int securelevel = -1; > + #endif The question is not to make this simple modification to the sources. However, it has been argued that all the other 4.4BSD descendants use option `INSECURE' for this, so even though the name is somewhat misleading, we should perhaps better pick up this one instead. We still need a backdoor for the X server in order to be able to default to `secure' mode, at least for workstations. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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