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# 1.18 31-Oct-2024 gutteridge

security.7: give example of a program with per-user-tmp issue


# 1.17 30-Oct-2024 gutteridge

security.7: note some programs won't work with per-user-tmp

Addresses a documentation aspect of PR kern/58438.


Revision tags: netbsd-10-1-RELEASE perseant-exfatfs-base-20240630 perseant-exfatfs-base netbsd-10-0-RELEASE netbsd-10-0-RC6 netbsd-10-0-RC5 netbsd-10-0-RC4 netbsd-10-0-RC3 netbsd-10-0-RC2 netbsd-10-0-RC1 netbsd-10-base cjep_sun2x-base1 cjep_sun2x-base cjep_staticlib_x-base1 cjep_staticlib_x-base
# 1.16 10-Jan-2021 riastradh

branches: 1.16.8;
Various entropy integration improvements.

- New /etc/security check for entropy in daily security report.

- New /etc/rc.d/entropy script runs (after random_seed and rndctl) to
check for entropy at boot -- in rc.conf, you can:

. set `entropy=check' to halt multiuser boot and enter single-user
mode if not enough entropy

. set `entropy=wait' to make multiuser boot wait until enough entropy

Default is to always boot without waiting -- and rely on other
channels like security report to alert the operator if there's a
problem.

- New man page entropy(7) discussing the higher-level concepts and
system integration with cross-references.

- New paragraph in afterboot(8) about entropy citing entropy(7) for
more details.

This change addresses many of the issues discussed in security/55659.
This is a first draft; happy to take improvements to the man pages and
scripted messages to improve clarity.

I considered changing motd to include an entropy warning with a
reference to the entropy(7) man page, but it's a little trickier:
- Not sure it's appropriate for all users to see at login rather than
users who have power to affect the entropy estimate (maybe it is,
just haven't decided).
- We only have a mechanism for changing once at boot; the message would
remain until next boot even if an operator adds enough entropy.
- The mechanism isn't really conducive to making a message appear
conditionally from boot to boot.


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# 1.15 03-Jul-2017 wiz

Remove workaround for ancient HTML generation code.


Revision tags: netbsd-8-1-RELEASE netbsd-8-1-RC1 netbsd-8-0-RELEASE netbsd-8-0-RC2 netbsd-8-0-RC1 matt-nb8-mediatek-base netbsd-8-base prg-localcount2-base3 prg-localcount2-base2 prg-localcount2-base1 prg-localcount2-base pgoyette-localcount-20170426 bouyer-socketcan-base1 pgoyette-localcount-20170320 bouyer-socketcan-base pgoyette-localcount-20170107 pgoyette-localcount-20161104 localcount-20160914 pgoyette-localcount-20160806 pgoyette-localcount-20160726 pgoyette-localcount-base
# 1.14 21-May-2016 christos

branches: 1.14.8;
Mention MPROTECT issues


# 1.13 14-Jun-2015 christos

the data segment is not randomized.


# 1.12 13-May-2015 shm

0 mappings are currently disabled on all architectures.


Revision tags: netbsd-7-2-RELEASE netbsd-7-1-2-RELEASE netbsd-7-1-1-RELEASE netbsd-7-1-RELEASE netbsd-7-1-RC2 netbsd-7-nhusb-base-20170116 netbsd-7-1-RC1 netbsd-7-0-2-RELEASE netbsd-7-nhusb-base netbsd-7-0-1-RELEASE netbsd-7-0-RELEASE netbsd-7-0-RC3 netbsd-7-0-RC2 netbsd-7-0-RC1 netbsd-7-base yamt-pagecache-base9 tls-earlyentropy-base riastradh-xf86-video-intel-2-7-1-pre-2-21-15 tls-maxphys-base
# 1.11 18-Mar-2014 riastradh

Merge riastradh-drm2 to HEAD.


Revision tags: riastradh-drm2-base3 riastradh-drm2-base2 riastradh-drm2-base1
# 1.10 20-Jul-2013 wiz

Use Mt for email addresses.


Revision tags: riastradh-drm2-base agc-symver-base
# 1.9 15-Mar-2013 njoly

branches: 1.9.4;
Fix a few file system paths to use Pa macro.


Revision tags: netbsd-6-0-6-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-5-RELEASE yamt-pagecache-tag8 netbsd-6-1-4-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-5-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-3-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-4-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-2-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-3-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-1-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-2-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-RC4 netbsd-6-1-RC3 netbsd-6-1-RC2 netbsd-6-1-RC1 yamt-pagecache-base8 netbsd-6-0-1-RELEASE yamt-pagecache-base7 matt-nb6-plus-nbase yamt-pagecache-base6 netbsd-6-0-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-RC2 matt-nb6-plus-base netbsd-6-0-RC1 yamt-pagecache-base5 yamt-pagecache-base4 netbsd-6-base yamt-pagecache-base3 yamt-pagecache-base2 yamt-pagecache-base cherry-xenmp-base
# 1.8 30-Mar-2011 jruoho

branches: 1.8.4; 1.8.10;
Add some random, but decent enough, reading material to SEE ALSO.


# 1.7 20-Mar-2011 jruoho

Now that this is a generic page, clarify the AUTHORS section a little.


# 1.6 19-Mar-2011 wiz

Remove duplicate word.


# 1.5 18-Mar-2011 jruoho

Remove xref to nonexistent option(4).


# 1.4 18-Mar-2011 jruoho

Note the previous also in the lead paragraph.


# 1.3 18-Mar-2011 jruoho

Note the 'fetch_pkg_vulnerabilities=YES' also here. In lack of a proper
name, put this under "administrative security".


# 1.2 18-Mar-2011 jruoho

Use .Ss for non-standard subtitles.


# 1.1 18-Mar-2011 jruoho

Move security(8) to the section 7. Discussed on source-changes a while back.
Should address PR # 35718 at least partially.