Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

[Nate Williams]

> > (Another thing I just thought of is that this could cause DoS attacks on
> > the system if a user compromised root and then set the limit to a very
> > high number.)
> 
> If you have someone going berzerk as "root" on a firewall you're definitely
> going to have a completely different set of headaches. Why should someone
> start DoS attacks after capturing a firewall? It's like painting the
> fingernails before amputating the hand.

So it was a bad example.  If I had enough brain cells to boil a cup of
water for my soup I'd be able to come up with more 'viable' issues where
modifying the counters is a bad thing. :)


Nate


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