Re: kern.securelevel

2009-06-21 Thread Mel Flynn
On Sunday 21 June 2009 12:30:26 Tim Judd wrote: > On 6/21/09, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > Tim Judd writes: > >> Something dawned on me. FreeBSD/Open/Net are all well secured > >> systems. On an Internet-facing router, would applying a higher > >> kern.securelevel provide any better, tighter, high

Re: kern.securelevel

2009-06-21 Thread Tim Judd
On 6/21/09, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Tim Judd writes: > >> Something dawned on me. FreeBSD/Open/Net are all well secured >> systems. On an Internet-facing router, would applying a higher >> kern.securelevel provide any better, tighter, higher security if the >> machine was broken into? Given yo

Re: kern.securelevel

2009-06-21 Thread Chris Rees
2009/6/19 Tim Judd : > Something dawned on me.  FreeBSD/Open/Net are all well secured > systems.  On an Internet-facing router, would applying a higher > kern.securelevel provide any better, tighter, higher security if the > machine was broken into?  Given you need to lower the securelevel > before

Re: kern.securelevel

2009-06-21 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Tim Judd writes: > Something dawned on me. FreeBSD/Open/Net are all well secured > systems. On an Internet-facing router, would applying a higher > kern.securelevel provide any better, tighter, higher security if the > machine was broken into? Given you need to lower the securelevel > before m