Bug 207069 (loader password kills boot)

[Warner Losh]

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 12:12 PM, Kyle Evans <kevans at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 1:07 PM, David Cross <dcrosstech at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The aforementioned bug has been open for over 2 years, with attached and
> tested patches. At least one other has commented.
> >
> > Could we please have it for 11.2/12.0?
>
> Hi,
>
> CC'ing Devin, our local Forth-fu-fighter. If it looks ok to Devin, one
> of us should go ahead and shuffle this through.
>

Yes. I've looked at this code a fair amount, and I don't understand why
this is needed and why it would make things work. Since it is a security
thing, I'm very reluctant to push it in absent better understanding of why
it works.

Warner