From owner-freebsd-security Sun Dec 2 6:56: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from straylight.ringlet.net (discworld.nanolink.com [217.75.135.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9F9AE37B419 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 06:56:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 8105 invoked by uid 1000); 2 Dec 2001 14:55:16 -0000 Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:55:16 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev To: freebsd-security@rikrose.net Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: options USER_LDT Message-ID: <20011202165515.A7575@straylight.oblivion.bg> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-security@rikrose.net, security@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200112021259.fB2CxNh62460@sheol.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from freebsd-security@rikrose.net on Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 02:22:59PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. > > > > > 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