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Date:      Thu, 8 Aug 1996 18:19:55 +0900 (JST)
From:      Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        Hackers@FreeBSD.org, jds@TracerTech.COM
Subject:   Re: kern_mib.c:int securelevel = -1;
Message-ID:  <Pine.SV4.3.93.960808181709.13423A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <199608080849.SAA28939@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Bruce Evans wrote:

> >BSD/OS and NetBSD are using options INSECURE to switch this feature on and
> >off.  I'd also like to have this switch so I don't have to keep patching
> >kern_mib.c when I build kernels that use this feature.
> 
> >If there are "mile wide" holes in the securelevel stuff we can state that
> >the feature is experimental in the man pages.  I still would like to have
> >the INSECURE switch added.  Just make it the default in the GENERIC kernel
> >so it doesn't change the current default behavior.
> 
> The default should not require any options.  The new option could be named
> A_LITTLE_BIT_SECURE.

As people patch up holes we can rename it to A_LITTLE_BIT_MORE_SECURE. ;-)


Mike Hancock




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