Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 19:02:44 +0100 From: Patrick Proniewski <patpro@patpro.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about securelevel Message-ID: <7DB909A7-5CBC-11D8-ADF8-0030654D97EC@patpro.net> In-Reply-To: <20040211173651.GC4282@pir.net> References: <B217C8ED-5CA9-11D8-ADF8-0030654D97EC@patpro.net> <20040211172958.8439.qmail@web60407.mail.yahoo.com> <20040211173651.GC4282@pir.net>
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On 11 f=E9vr. 2004, at 18:36, Peter Radcliffe wrote: > twig les <twigles@yahoo.com> probably said: >> There was a blurb on this in the 3rd Ed. of Practical Unix & >> Internet Sec. Basically they opined that hard drives with a >> physical switch for read-only would be neat in some >> circumstances since you can still write to a read-only fs if you >> can get to the raw device. If anyone has a link to a drive that >> has that I'd be interested to see. > > I've seen quite a few drives with a jumper setting for RO, documented > as read only, or "write protect". > > Picking up a random disk on my desk (a Sun branded seagate ST39102LC, > scsi LVD/SE disk) it has a jumper labelled "WRITE PROTECT". after a really quick look to Seagate's web site, it looks like only=20 SCSI drives have such a write protect feature. (S)ATA drives don't have these settings. patpro --=20 je cherche un poste d'admin-sys Mac/UNIX (ou une jeune et jolie femme riche) http://patpro.net/cv.php
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