Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 16:22:30 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, nospam@mgedv.net Subject: Re: kern.randompid: jot generation senseful? Message-ID: <200605091622.30492.nvass@teledomenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <000a01c67362$f3d1f3d0$01010101@avalon.lan> References: <000a01c67362$f3d1f3d0$01010101@avalon.lan>
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On Tuesday 09 May 2006 15:20, No@SPAM@mgEDV.net wrote: > [asked on -security before, but no answer, maybe here's more traffic ;-)] > > hi, > > is a random pid generation really a security enhancement? > > if yes, would it make sense to setup something like: > --> sysctl kern.randompid=`jot -r 1 500 2000` > in cron to be executed every X mins/hrs? Isn't kern.randompid a boolean? TRUE or FALSE? > > and finally, what are the recommended minimum (security) > and maximum (performance) values for kern.randompid? It is just on or off. 1 means PIDs are random. 0 means PIDs are sequential. to be exact, everything not being 0, is TRUE. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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