From owner-cvs-all Sun Nov 28 13:46:11 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from spirit.jaded.net (dialin2904.toronto.globalserve.net [209.90.160.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B74EB14BEE; Sun, 28 Nov 1999 13:46:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@spirit.jaded.net) Received: (from dan@localhost) by spirit.jaded.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA04308; Sun, 28 Nov 1999 16:48:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 16:48:12 -0500 From: Dan Moschuk To: "David O'Brien" 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 Message-ID: <19991128164812.A4188@spirit.jaded.net> References: <199911281751.JAA40710@freefall.freebsd.org> <19991128122408.B42497@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <19991128122408.B42497@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 12:24:08PM -0800 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk | > 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. Once properly tested, I will turn the default to on. -- Dan Moschuk (TFreak!dan@freebsd.org) "Cure for global warming: One giant heatsink and dual fans!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message