Tim Judd <[email protected]> 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 multiuser, it is a reasonable to think raising the securelevel
> will give higher comfort feeling?
I can't understand your last sentence.
The obvious thing is that a raised securelevel only helps if it doesn't
get in the way of operations you need to do. A bit less obvious is that
it only helps if you are sure you will know if the system reboots.
--
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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