Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:55:16 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-security@rikrose.net Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: options USER_LDT Message-ID: <20011202165515.A7575@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0112021420370.24827-100000@pkl.net>; from freebsd-security@rikrose.net on Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 02:22:59PM %2B0000 References: <200112021259.fB2CxNh62460@sheol.localdomain> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0112021420370.24827-100000@pkl.net>
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On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 02:22:59PM +0000, freebsd-security@rikrose.net wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, D J Hawkey Jr wrote: > > Um, guys? I think your language is becoming too tortured. > > <nodnod> > > > Does USER_LDT still exist as a kernel option, and is it still doc'd in > > LINT? > > Yes. Yes and yes in 4.x. In 5.x, it is no longer available, because it is on by default. > > 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. It has *never* posed any kind of security risk. > > 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. This is true of 4.x. For 5.x after Feb 23 2001, it is always enabled and there is no way of turning it off. G'luck, Peter -- If I were you, who would be reading this sentence? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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