* Laurent Fabre <fabrematranet.com> [011005 10:50]:
> Rasputin wrote:
> > * Eli Dart <dartnersc.gov> [011004 19:30]:

> >>>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.

> please do commit it :)

Eh? If I was a committer, I would - think I've missed your point?

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