From owner-freebsd-security Fri May 22 07:07:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA26197 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Fri, 22 May 1998 07:07:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from firewall.ftf.dk (root@mail.ftf.dk [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA26163 for ; Fri, 22 May 1998 07:07:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) Received: from mail.prosa.dk ([192.168.100.2]) by firewall.ftf.dk (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA20028; Fri, 22 May 1998 18:08:00 +0200 Received: from deepo.prosa.dk (deepo.prosa.dk [192.168.100.10]) by mail.prosa.dk (8.8.5/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) with ESMTP id QAA22445; Fri, 22 May 1998 16:32:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.7/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) id QAA22121; Fri, 22 May 1998 16:06:19 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19980522160618.52012@deepo.prosa.dk> Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 16:06:19 +0200 From: Philippe Regnauld To: Robert Watson Cc: "freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Virus on FreeBSD References: <01BD8571.D24221F0@PCNTWS1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Robert Watson on Fri, May 22, 1998 at 08:35:59AM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Organization: PROSA Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Robert Watson writes: > To protect the kernel properly, lkms need to be disabled at a sufficiently > high run-level (possibly always), and appropriate file system stuff > protected. Personally, I like the idea of using a CD-ROM for a file > system, but it's not so very fast. 32x will deliver pretty good performance -- not unlike a washing machine on spin-cycle, but ok. I'm more concerned about how long such a device would live with filesystem-like activity -- the way CD drives are built today, I wouldn't expect very long. -- -[ Philippe Regnauld / sysadmin / regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk / +55.4N +11.3E ]- «Pluto placed his bad dog at the entrance of Hades to keep the dead IN and the living OUT! The archetypical corporate firewall?» - S. Kelly Bootle To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message