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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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<<On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 11:05:31 +1000, Greg Black <gjb-freebsd@gba.oz.au> said:

> Are you saying that X does not work when securelevel >= 0 under
> FreeBSD?

That is correct.  X requires direct access to I/O space, which is
fundamentally incompatible with the notion of enhanced security.

-GAWollman

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