Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 17:50:29 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding policy tuning knobs to my F_SETOWN/SIGIO/SIGURG enhancements Message-ID: <19981213175029.Q5444@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199812130828.AAA23748@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>; from Don Lewis on Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 12:28:56AM -0800 References: <199812130828.AAA23748@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>
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On Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 12:28:56AM -0800, Don Lewis wrote: > > My previous security enhancements to the F_SETOWN/SIGIO/SIGURG in the 3.0 > kernel code made some policy decisions that were hard-wired into the code > but were commented in case someone needed to change them. I've decided > that would be good to allow the security policy to be tuned using some > sysctl knobs. Why? What benefits does the ability to relax permissions on this give? I can see the use for tuning 'em up, but not really down... Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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