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Date:      Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:05:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
To:        Frank Tobin <ftobin@bigfoot.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-security Mailing List <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: proposed secure-level 4 patch
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906182304420.70357-100000@smarter.than.nu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906190053050.60212-200000@srh0710.urh.uiuc.edu>

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On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Frank Tobin wrote:

> Okay, a good friend of mine Kris Wehner has written a patch to implement
> the proposed securelevel of 4, which would disallow the opening of
> secure ports (<1024) while in the securelevel of 4.  The patch is against
> 3.2-STABLE kernel, as of within 12 hours.  I'd like to hear more comments
> before I send it as a send-pr.  The patch is attached.

Kris's patch blocks binding ports <= 1024, but 1024 is not a secure port.
The last one is 1023.

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Brian Buchanan                                     brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
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