From owner-freebsd-security Sun Dec 2 6:23: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from pkl.net (spoon.pkl.net [212.111.57.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73CB737B405 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 06:23:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (rik@localhost) by pkl.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA24878 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 14:22:59 GMT Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 14:22:59 +0000 (GMT) From: freebsd-security@rikrose.net X-Sender: rik@pkl.net To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: options USER_LDT In-Reply-To: <200112021259.fB2CxNh62460@sheol.localdomain> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, D J Hawkey Jr wrote: > Um, guys? I think your language is becoming too tortured. > Does USER_LDT still exist as a kernel option, and is it still doc'd in > LINT? Yes. > Does it pose a security risk in the more current releases? Aparently not, but I haven't allowe anyone else to have an account the the only machine I've got it on. > And is it enabled now by default, or simply depreciated, and no longer > a possible "gotcha" in running Wine or mplayer? It is not enabled by default, but was still available for use if you wanted it. You wouldn't guess I installed mplayer yesterday afternoon, would you :) -- PGP Key: D2729A3F - Keyserver: wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net - rich at rdrose dot org Key fingerprint = 5EB1 4C63 9FAD D87B 854C 3DED 1408 ED77 D272 9A3F Public key also encoded with outguess on http://rikrose.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message