Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 21:18:53 +0800 From: Jahilliya <jahilliya@gmail.com> To: nospam@mgedv.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern.randompid: jot generation senseful? Message-ID: <ba5e78ea0605090618s3540d942sdfaf128feadb582b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <000a01c67362$f3d1f3d0$01010101@avalon.lan> References: <000a01c67362$f3d1f3d0$01010101@avalon.lan>
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On 5/9/06, No@SPAM@mgEDV.net <nospam@mgedv.net> wrote: > > [asked on -security before, but no answer, maybe here's more traffic ;-)] > > hi, > > is a random pid generation really a security enhancement? > > if yes, would it make sense to setup something like: > --> sysctl kern.randompid=3D`jot -r 1 500 2000` > in cron to be executed every X mins/hrs? > > and finally, what are the recommended minimum (security) > and maximum (performance) values for kern.randompid? You can't change it once the system is running me thinks, so you'd run it a= t boot and that'd be that...
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