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 A possible new security problem exists if you rely on securelevels and  A possible new security problem exists if you rely on securelevels and
 immutable or append-only files or character devices.  The fix does not  immutable or append-only files or character devices.  The fix does not
 permit mmap'ing of immutable or append-only files which are otherwise  permit mmap'ing of immutable or append-only files which are otherwise
 writeable, as the VM system will bypass the meaning of the file flags  writable, as the VM system will bypass the meaning of the file flags
 when writes happen to the file.  when writes happen to the file.
 <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/immutable.patch>  <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/immutable.patch>
 A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>  A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
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 there really is no such option.  there really is no such option.
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 <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>  <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELEASE WARNING</strong></font><br>
 Unlabelled disks with weird geometries can panic the kernel.  Unlabeled disks with weird geometries can panic the kernel.
 A fix will be made available when 2.3 is out.  A fix will be made available when 2.3 is out.
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