Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 08:07:33 +0100 From: Joel Dahl <joel@vnode.se> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Eric Badger <badger@FreeBSD.org>, Bartek Rutkowski <robak@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r314036 - head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts Message-ID: <20170222070733.GA29010@ymer.vnode.se> In-Reply-To: <20170221144002.GA87822@FreeBSD.org> References: <201702210937.v1L9bY6V093836@repo.freebsd.org> <28a4cf5e-2edd-3e30-9ecd-817f886e9ea3@FreeBSD.org> <20170221144002.GA87822@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 02:40:02PM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 08:34:29AM -0600, Eric Badger wrote: > > Thanks for working on making it easier to harden FreeBSD. While > > defaulting some of these options to "on" seem pretty harmless (e.g. > > random_pid), others are likely to cause confusion for new and > > experienced users alike (e.g. proc_debug. I've never used that option > > before, so I gave it a try. It simply causes gdb to hang when attempting > > to start a process, with no obvious indication of why). > > I concur. In fact, harmless knobs should probably be turned on by default > in FreeBSD itself (i.e., without any "hardening" help from the installer), > while more intrusive ones should be opt-in, not opt-out. I agree. Can we back this out and discuss it on current@? -- Joel
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