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List:       freebsd-security
Subject:    Re: kern.securelevel and X
From:       Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert () uumail ! gov ! bc ! ca>
Date:       1999-10-21 3:44:01
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910151431080.59290-100000@main.nwserv.com>, Allan Sa
ddi writes:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Steve Reid wrote:
> 
> > But I don't think FreeBSD has that capability. I haven't seen any
> > mention of a FreeBSD aperture driver, not even in vaporware form.
> > Maybe people just don't realize such a thing is possible?
> 
> I used to run X with high securelevels back in 2.2.x. I simply started
> X/xdm before upping the securelevel. This seemed to work fine. I haven't
> verified that it still works w/ 3.x, however.

That was before the mmap security fix.


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