Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:29:17 -0500 From: Steve Bertrand <steve.bertrand@gmail.com> To: Henry Olyer <henry.olyer@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: on hammer's, security, and centrifuges... Message-ID: <4F31272D.7040905@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAE7N2ke-eEg3QqD3OfD_AJ6Yx78wwhOiApwVYsDQXhxU14JgAQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAE7N2ke-eEg3QqD3OfD_AJ6Yx78wwhOiApwVYsDQXhxU14JgAQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2012.02.07 07:03, Henry Olyer wrote: > Look, I'm going to use FreeBSD as long as both it and I am around, it's > just the best choice for me, for my user's. But we need to improve > security. I'm very happy with the security and stability of FreeBSD, and praise the sec team and contributors to make it so. I've run literally hundreds of FreeBSD boxes, mostly in a busy ISP environment since 4.3, and never have been hacked after normal system protections are in place. > For now, until I remake my laptop, I'm going to disable the ath0 wireless. > > How? What's the best method to make certain that my wireless chip is > turned off? Comment out the configuration lines for the ath interface in rc.conf, or to remove it completely, recompile the kernel after removing 'device ath'. > Or is this something best accomplished with a hammer? For the overly paranoid. > Is their something I can do that would help the FBSD security people? Document how your security suggestions will rectify the problem you perceive, file PRs, then write patches. You are after all a developer :) Steve
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