Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 12:06:45 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Dave <mudman@R181172.resnet.ucsb.edu>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: options USER_LDT Message-ID: <20011202120451.R6917-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.011201153203.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, John Baldwin wrote: > On 01-Dec-01 Dave wrote: > > > > I really have no clue what the kernel option: > > options USER_LDT > > > > means, except this rugged definition I found in LINT (paraphrase): > > "Allow applications running in user space to manipulate the Local > > Descriptor Table (LDT)" > > > > Since it didn't come in the GENERIC (FBSD 4.4 REL), I'm assuming that > > someone, somewhere, thought it would be a good idea to have this disabled > > by default and maybe it was meant to be added in only by people who know > > what they are doing. > > No, it's enabled by default, not disabled by default. Er, not in RELENG_4. It can only be enabled by default if it doesn't exist, as in -current :-). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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