From owner-cvs-all Sun Nov 28 12:25:56 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25ECA14F04; Sun, 28 Nov 1999 12:25:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id VAA17684; Sun, 28 Nov 1999 21:25:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: Dan Moschuk , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern kern_fork.c src/sys/libkern arc4random.c src/sys/sys libkern.h In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 28 Nov 1999 12:24:08 PST." <19991128122408.B42497@dragon.nuxi.com> Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 21:25:43 +0100 Message-ID: <17682.943820743@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <19991128122408.B42497@dragon.nuxi.com>, "David O'Brien" writes: >> Introduce OpenBSD-like Random PIDs. Controlled by a sysctl knob >> (kern.randompid), which is currently defaulted off. > >Why default to off? If we want to be serious about upping security a >notch, then do it. Because that gives people a chance to test it a bit ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message