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=`jot -r 1 500 2000` > in cron to be executed every X mins/hrs?
Isn't kern.randompid a boolean? TRUE or FALSE? > > and finally, what are the recommended minimum (security) > and maximum (performance) values for kern.randompid? 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. > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
