Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 10:59:22 -0400 (EDT) From: woods@zeus.leitch.com (Greg A. Woods) To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Virus on FreeBSD Message-ID: <199805251459.KAA05536@brain.zeus.leitch.com> In-Reply-To: Philippe Regnauld's message of "Fri, May 22, 1998 16:06:19 %2B0200" regarding "Re: Virus on FreeBSD" id <19980522160618.52012@deepo.prosa.dk> References: <01BD8571.D24221F0@PCNTWS1> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980522082752.11128A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <19980522160618.52012@deepo.prosa.dk>
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[ On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 16:06:19 (+0200), Philippe Regnauld wrote: ] > Subject: Re: Virus on FreeBSD > > 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. You'll have much more luck, more performance, and much higher MTBF, if you find a SCSI drive that has a physical write-protect jumper. Such critters do exist, for example the Seagate Cheetah 4LP (ST34501). -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 443-1734 VE3TCP <gwoods@acm.org> <robohack!woods> Planix, Inc. <woods@planix.com>; Secrets of the Weird <woods@weird.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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