From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Jul 9 13:33:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (server.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CE8637BC18 for ; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 13:33:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (root@john.baldwin.cx [192.168.1.18]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA15861; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 13:33:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: (from john@localhost) by john.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA82028; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 13:34:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john) Message-Id: <200007092034.NAA82028@john.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 13:34:40 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin To: Adam Subject: Re: making the snoop device loadable. Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG, Alfred Perlstein Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 09-Jul-00 Adam wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >>* Adam [000709 12:36] wrote: >>> >>> Why did it exist from FreeBSD-WhoKnowsWhen until 1999? I'd like to use X >>> via startx and not xdm too. I dont recall FreeBSD allowing X to start >>> after securelevel is > 0 because it accesses /dev/mem. If it does now, >>> I'll shut up. I tried searching the mail archives for discussions about >>> why NO_LKM is bad but couldn't find anything. Could you help me find a >>> discussion on it or tell me why disabling kernel modules is *not* >>> security? Assuming I'd notice a reboot and would consequently whup some >>> butt if someone did. >> >>If I had root and wasn't such a nice guy (*grin*) you wouldn't >>know which way was up if I took the time to do so. >> >>Please properly secure your box. > > What about X? Don't run X on a multiroot box? -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message