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Date:      Thu, 03 Apr 1997 20:42:57 -0600
From:      Alex Nash <nash@mcs.com>
To:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au
Subject:   Re: securelevel & IP filter
Message-ID:  <33446AB1.41C67EA6@mcs.com>
References:  <199704031317.FAA21733@freefall.freebsd.org> <19970403233738.KY42145@uriah.heep.sax.de>

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J Wunsch wrote:
>
> As Darren Reed wrote:
> 
> > It has been suggested that IP Filter disallow changes to filter rules if
> > securelevel is set to some level...(I think 3 was the suggestion).
> 
> I personally think securelevel 2 would be sufficient.  It blocks
> already enough things, like running an Xserver :).
> 
> But the most important is that you make this consistent throughout all
> BSDs, including BSD/OS, if possible.

There's some (albeit arbitrary) precedence for using 3 already in ipfw.
The main reason 2 was avoided was principle of least surprise.

Alex



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