Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 20:50:06 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Things to remove from /rescue Message-ID: <20030723035006.GA45410@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030723002531.GA44452@kokeb.ambesa.net> References: <20030719171138.GA86442@dragon.nuxi.com> <XFMail.20030721151553.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20030721202314.GC21068@dragon.nuxi.com> <xzpn0f76i69.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20030722151138.GB72888@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030722153056.GM863@starjuice.net> <20030723002531.GA44452@kokeb.ambesa.net>
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On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 08:25:32PM -0400, Mike Makonnen wrote: > > So let me restate DES case without examples. > > > > It may be that someone wishing to recover a hosed box will both > > > > a) want access to some network-hosted resource, and > > >From what I can see the only network resource one could access is an > nfs mount, since it seems unlikely you could rely on anything > outside /rescue (such as ftp or ssh) being available. > > > b) want to maintain network security while accessing that resource. > > What security? There are no network services running in single-user, > so what is there to secure? > Don't you need a network connection to use /rescue/rrestore to access the dump of / on a tape drive in a remote system? One may want a secure connection to that remote system. -- Steve
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