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Date:      Wed, 2 Oct 1996 10:25:43 +0900 (JST)
From:      Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        peter@spinner.DIALix.COM, sos@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: WARNING: botched ld.so commit! :-(
Message-ID:  <Pine.SV4.3.93.961002102251.1788A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <199610011435.AAA32208@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Bruce Evans wrote:

> This shows that the chflags on ld.so is mainly to [prevent] shoot[ing]
> yourself in the foot.  It doesn't improve security.
> 

I was thinking of asking why we're evening using it when
INITIAL_IMMUTABLE_LEVEL is not configurable without hardcoding the source.

Regards,


Mike




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