Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:40:17 -0500 From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com>, Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, mini@haikugeek.com, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader version src/share/examp Message-ID: <20011211114017.S1956@espresso.q9media.com> In-Reply-To: <20011211005211.V92148@elvis.mu.org>; from bright@mu.org on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 12:52:11AM -0600 References: <20011210201909.O92148@elvis.mu.org> <Pine.BSF.4.30.0112102122001.22013-100000@niwun.pair.com> <20011210221836.N1956@espresso.q9media.com> <616630000.1008044969@lobster.originative.co.uk> <20011211010336.Q1956@espresso.q9media.com> <20011211005211.V92148@elvis.mu.org>
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Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> writes: > * Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> [011211 00:05] wrote: > > Perhaps a secure loader would be useful, such that it doesn't allow > > interrupting. Similar things could be done with the pre-loader boot, > > but this write from loader feature seems so useful to me that I can't > > imagine why we would want to turn it off by default, particularly > > given the intrinsic insecurities of our current loader. > > Honestly I feel that the requirement to learn Forth as a prerequisite > to hacking a FreeBSD box this way makes it highly unlikely that one > would do so. :) I don't follow. Obviously the kiosk/secure version would be a compile-time tuneable, probably controlled by /etc/make.conf. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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