Rasputin wrote:
> * Eli Dart <dartnersc.gov> [011004 19:30]:
>
>>In reply to "Crist J. Clark" <cristjcearthlink.net> :
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>
>>>Have fun. Unless there is outpouring from people who love the idea,
>>>I'm not going to commit these to FreeBSD.
>>>
>>Please consider this as part of an outpouring of support from people
>>who love the idea.
>>
>
> "me too".
>
> Isn't this fairly common among the other BSDs as well?
>
> An alternative to securelevel is sometimes useful,
> and KLDs are a fairly well-known attack method against *BSD.
>
> I don't see any harm in adding it as an option - it's doesn't have to
> (definitely shouldn't be) the default, of course.
>
>
>>I don't always have the option of running a box
>>in securelevel 1, and I would like to have this knob available, even
>>though it doesn't fix the problem all the way. Something similar
>>used to exist in FreeBSD 3.x -- I was sorry when it went away.
>>
>> --eli
>>
>
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please do commit it :)

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