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Date:      Tue, 13 Jul 1999 12:31:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Greg Black <gjb-freebsd@gba.oz.au>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Module magic 
Message-ID:  <199907131631.MAA05152@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19990713010531.2897.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990712053316.9028A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <199907120945.TAA09669@cheops.anu.edu.au> <199907121736.NAA01917@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <19990713010531.2897.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au>

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<<On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 11:05:31 +1000, Greg Black <gjb-freebsd@gba.oz.au> said:

> Are you saying that X does not work when securelevel >= 0 under
> FreeBSD?

That is correct.  X requires direct access to I/O space, which is
fundamentally incompatible with the notion of enhanced security.

-GAWollman

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