Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:21:06 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggestion: loosen slightly securelevel>1 time change restriction Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904021617150.27989-100000@nathan.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <v04011703b32aaa5816ba@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Garance A Drosihn wrote: :Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 12:15:33 -0500 :At 5:30 PM -0800 4/1/99, Matthew Dillon wrote: :> We should remove the securelevel code that prevents the date from :> being set backwards. It's stupid code and doesn't work anyway... :> you can set the date forward enough times to wrap it. : :Well, obviously it would be nice to fix *that* problem, separate from :whether one is allowed to set time backwards by an explicit backwards :request. What is wrong with running the system clock slower than normal? That way time still advances monotonically forward, but at say 90 or 95% of the rate of the wall clock. Obviously, things that depend on the time of day clock will be misled, but setting the clock back would break them too. David Scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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