:> Though, as a side note, it should be noted that if you have DDB
:> enabled then lowering the secure level is pretty easy to do. If you
:> have access to the console, of course.
:
:It should also be noted that it makes no sense to enable DDB on
:systems that need to use elevated securelevels.
:
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:Greg Black -- <g...@acm.org>
I disagree quite strongly. DDB provides a mechanism to allow a
sysadmin to obtain a greater amount of information from a panic
situation then he could get otherwise. Being able to obtain this
information does not run counter to running with a raised securelevel.
If the system winds up in a state where a kernel core cannot be
generated, DDB is the only way to figure out what is going on.
securelevel is a mechanism which attempts to guarentee data security,
at least to a degree. These two items do not clash.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dil...@backplane.com>
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