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| author | rwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-12-14 11:21:16 +0000 |
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| committer | rwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-12-14 11:21:16 +0000 |
| commit | 949b1b871256f0db7f206e7619a336951f43f8b5 (patch) | |
| tree | e9ea532d0d541946b3491dd6cf4a279965d7e1d3 /sys/conf | |
| parent | 7000319a04ece481b17b83488f339e6600d6d5dc (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-949b1b871256f0db7f206e7619a336951f43f8b5.zip FreeBSD-src-949b1b871256f0db7f206e7619a336951f43f8b5.tar.gz | |
o Clarify the comments on AIO to note that yes, AIO really is unsuitable
for use on machines with untrusted local users, for security as well
as stability reasons.
o Lack of clarity pointed out by: David Rufino <dr@soniq.net> via bugtraq.
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/conf')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys/conf/NOTES b/sys/conf/NOTES index 4709ae5..cbf8f9a 100644 --- a/sys/conf/NOTES +++ b/sys/conf/NOTES @@ -795,8 +795,8 @@ device vcoda 4 #coda minicache <-> venus comm. options EXT2FS # Use real implementations of the aio_* system calls. There are numerous -# stability issues in the current aio code that make it unsuitable for -# inclusion on shell boxes. +# stability and security issues in the current aio code that make it +# unsuitable for inclusion on machines with untrusted local users. options VFS_AIO # Enable the code UFS IO optimization through the VM system. This allows |
