Re: HEADS UP: Audit integration into CVS in progress, some tree disruption

From: Kris Kennaway <kris_at_obsecurity.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 19:40:44 -0500
On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 07:03:31PM -0500, Mike Jakubik wrote:
> Robert Watson wrote:
> >
> >On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, K?vesd?n G?bor wrote:
> >
> >>Do you plan to merge it to RELENG_6? If so, when? Maybe for the 
> >>upcoming 6.1? Or only for 6.2 or later?
> >
> >It depends a bit how well this shakes out.  The code is definitely 
> >still "experimental", in that the set of events audited is not yet 
> >complete.  There are three general sorts of weaknesses in the set of 
> >events currently audited:
> >With all this in mind, it is not yet ruled out that we could ship 
> >initial "experimental" audit support in 6.1-RELEASE.  In fact, the 
> >timing is currently such that it will be possible, assuming all goes 
> >well, and allowing for the fact that it really will be an experimental 
> >feature and not production feature in 6.1.  We were quite careful to 
> >merge the necessary ABI changes to RELENG_6 before the 6.0 release so 
> >that merging it would be possible without breaking existing 6.x device 
> >drivers.
> 
> Personally, i would like to see less "experimental" code in 6.1. Perhaps 
> it would be better to wait until everyone feels the code is ready?

Why do you care if code that is not enabled by default is present in
the system? :-)

Kris

Received on Wed Feb 01 2006 - 23:40:47 UTC

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