* Joachim Schipper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-26 15:26]:
> You might want to read a little about the recent polemic surrounding
> securelevels. Basically, they work, but files that are supposed to be
> unchangeable can be made inaccessible by (transparently?) mounting a
> filesystem on top. This was fixed in, for instance, NetBSD by
> disallowing mounts;

"fixed"?
gimme a break.
disallowing mounts at securelevel 2 fixes exactly what?
nothing, since anybody runs securelevel 1 anyway, and there nothing is 
"fixed".
lokk at the restrictions in securelevel 2. it's just not an option.

this non-issue is not fixable.

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