So as far as I can tell, turning Linux Mode on exposes another threat vector. Can I turn on Linux Mode ONLY for a single binary (the Flash plugin)?
-----Original Message----- From: Polytropon [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Mon 28-Jun-10 2:41 PM To: Richards, Toby Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Question RE: Linux Mode On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:57:33 -0700, "Richards, Toby" <[email protected]> wrote: > My question is this: If I turn on Linux mode, don't I sacrifice the > security, performance, and other benefits of the FreeBSD kernel vice > Linux? No. FreeBSD's "Linux mode" is nothing more or less than an ABI - an alternative binary interface. Linux programs "communicate" through this interface instead of FreeBSD's default one. Of course, there *are* security implications, as on Linux. Security limits are given by the FreeBSD infrastructure (e. g. "Flash" based malware trying to access system files -> no; defective "Flash" implementation causing a memory leak -> possible). I don't use "Flash" anymore so I can't be more specific. Last time I tried it worked nearly flawlessly with Firefox. A personal note: Sometimes, I found that Linux programs ran faster on FreeBSD Linux ABI than on native Linux, but as I'm not a regular Linux user, my opinion isn't worth more than 2 cent. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
