On Tuesday 09 May 2006 17:13, Frank Steinborn wrote:
> Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
> > Isn't kern.randompid a boolean? TRUE or FALSE?
>
> No.
>
> > It is just on or off. 1 means PIDs are random.
> > 0 means PIDs are sequential. to be exact, everything
> > not being 0, is TRUE.
>
> That is not true. Pe
On Tue, 9 May 2006 16:13:18 +0200
Frank Steinborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
> > Isn't kern.randompid a boolean? TRUE or FALSE?
>
> No.
>
> > It is just on or off. 1 means PIDs are random.
> > 0 means PIDs are sequential. to be exact, everything
> > not being 0, is TRU
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 02:20:25PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote:
> [asked on -security before, but no answer, maybe here's more traffic ;-)]
>
> hi,
>
> is a random pid generation really a security enhancement?
Yes, but a fairly minor one.
>
> if yes, would it make sense to setup s
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
> Isn't kern.randompid a boolean? TRUE or FALSE?
No.
> It is just on or off. 1 means PIDs are random.
> 0 means PIDs are sequential. to be exact, everything
> not being 0, is TRUE.
That is not true. Peter Pentchev once wrote:
"The kern.randompid sysctl is not a boolean
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 15:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote:
> [asked on -security before, but no answer, maybe here's more traffic ;-)]
>
> hi,
>
> is a random pid generation really a security enhancement?
>
> if yes, would it make sense to setup something like:
> --> sysctl kern.randompid=`jo
On 5/9/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[asked on -security before, but no answer, maybe here's more traffic ;-)]
hi,
is a random pid generation really a security enhancement?
if yes, would it make sense to setup something like:
--> sysctl kern.randompid=`jot -r 1 50
[asked on -security before, but no answer, maybe here's more traffic ;-)]
hi,
is a random pid generation really a security enhancement?
if yes, would it make sense to setup something like:
--> sysctl kern.randompid=`jot -r 1 500 2000`
in cron to be executed every X mins/hrs?
and finally, what a