kern.randompid: jot generation senseful?

[Nikos Vassiliadis]

On Tuesday 09 May 2006 15:20, No at SPAM@mgEDV.net wrote:
> [asked on -security before, but no answer, maybe here's more traffic ;-)]
>
> hi,
>
> is a random pid generation really a security enhancement?
>
> if yes, would it make sense to setup something like:
> --> sysctl kern.randompid=`jot -r 1 500 2000`
> in cron to be executed every X mins/hrs?

Isn't kern.randompid a boolean? TRUE or FALSE?

>
> and finally, what are the recommended minimum (security)
> and maximum (performance) values for kern.randompid?

It is just on or off. 1 means PIDs are random.
0 means PIDs are sequential. to be exact, everything
not being 0, is TRUE.

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