Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 16:06:19 +0200 From: Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk> To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: "freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Virus on FreeBSD Message-ID: <19980522160618.52012@deepo.prosa.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980522082752.11128A-100000@fledge.watson.org>; from Robert Watson on Fri, May 22, 1998 at 08:35:59AM -0400 References: <01BD8571.D24221F0@PCNTWS1> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980522082752.11128A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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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
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