Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 18:18:32 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Jobe <jobe@attrition.org> Cc: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Documentation of security features Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19990919181430.045dd330@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990919103935.13128C-100000@forced.attrition. org> References: <4.2.0.58.19990919112902.0479f380@localhost>
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At 10:44 AM 9/19/99 -0600, Jobe wrote: >So enlighten me, what 'key security' options do the size of the documented >man pages define? Is there some obscure denial of service attack related >to the size of the man pages?!? And as for the links for securelevel and >similar things, what the hell does this man page problem have to do with >that? If administrators can't find documentation, they won't be able to secure their systems easily -- and FreeBSD will gain an undeserved reputation for being less secure. Also, they'll ask the same questions repeatedly on mailing lists, etc. Any failure of the man system to guide users to the right answer -- or even give them a hint -- is something that should most certainly be fixed. Hence my comments, which I think are very much apropos. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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