Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:30:44 +0000 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, ru@FreeBSD.org, cjc@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet in_pcb.c Message-ID: <200302211530.h1LFUiPE034532@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:17:09 GMT." <20030221151709.GH68768@survey.codeburst.net>
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Paul Richards writes: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:42:42PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> writes: > > > I think some features should be labelled as "experimental". This is a > > > change that may have some benefit but may also be one that we wish > > > hadn't happened and therefore it should be clear that this is a feature > > > that's been implemented "to see how it goes" when deployed more widely. > > > > It is not a change. It is a new configuration knob which, if left > > alone, changes absolutely nothing. > > Yes, but if a lot of people start changing this setting and FreeBSD gets > a reputation for being insecure then we may wish we hadn't provided the > knob. Oh, please. :-) # rm -rf / Has much greater foot-shooting potential, and its harder to disable than upping your securelevel. M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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