Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 18:49:04 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, michaelh@cet.co.jp Cc: Hackers@FreeBSD.org, jds@TracerTech.COM Subject: Re: kern_mib.c:int securelevel = -1; Message-ID: <199608080849.SAA28939@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>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. Bruce
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