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Subjectkernel security questions

Hi all. I was reading some of the source for 2.1, and found there are a few
new options relating to security that I had a question on.

- Can I use /dev/random to generate characters for passwords, or only to seed
a password generator?

- I found Solar's 'Secure Linux' patch, and wondered if its going to be
included, if not already, in 2.0.33? Wasn't the non-exec patch in the kernel
at one time?

- Can someone tell me how securelevel works, and how you would use it? Is it
dynamically configurable? kernel.txt gives sketchy information...

- I see in devices.tex there is a /dev/enskip, and Alan has added hooks to use
it, but is the code to use it there? I'm not sure I know what enskip is
really for -- can it be used for VPN?

Thanks,
Dave Wreski


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