Messages in this thread | | | Date | 13 Apr 1996 21:31:51 GMT | From | Raul Miller <> | Subject | securelevel |
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Ulrich Windl writes: > Currently root can't change the securelevel; I'm afraid nobody can. > What about a way to "secure the securelevel"; that way root could > secure it, and then nobody could change it.
Mind if I ask why this is needed?
This is a real question: why can't the machine just be brought up at the right securelevel and be done with it? If it comes multiuser up at the wrong secure level isn't that a security problem in and of itself?
Or is there something that needs to be done during boot up that can't be done at the intended securelevel? [This would seem to indicate a flawed security model or flawed hardware.]
-- Raul
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