Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 23:37:53 +0100 From: Fabrice <FabriceMarchant@free.fr> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: =?iso-8859-1?q?RE=B2=3A_FreeBSD_is_dangerous?=! Message-ID: <20050207213935.C299EC0AE@postfix3-2.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <20050207120056.6442416A504@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050207120056.6442416A504@hub.freebsd.org>
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>> I installed FreeBSD 5.3. >> When I mount_ext2fs my Linux partitions on the same computer, >> FreeBSD give me access to them in R/WRITE mode without needing any password ImobachGonzalez Sosa replied to me : >What's wrong with that? Anybody with a FreeBSD install CD can modify my beloved data I store in my debian Linux partitions. Of course with a Linux rescue floppy is it possible to behave same naughty way... But, as I told to Joshua Tinnin : "If I remember when I mounted a Linux partition - for example a Debian one - on the ext2/3 filesystem of another Linux or Knoppix, it was only possible to read, not to write on it. But a vfat filesystem could be mounted on R/W mode." albi wrote : > if you mount FreeBSD from Linux, it will only mount it read-only, does > that make Linux less dangerous ? ;-) I do not have tested cos I'm not able up to now to mount the FreeBSD filesystem (UFS ?) on my Debian Linux. I asked how to perform this on the french Linux Forum Léa-Linux http://lea-linux.org/pho/ but nobody helped me about this... Please Albi, can you explain to me how to mount the FreeBSD partition on my ext2 or 3 filesystems ? > this behavior is pretty normal, from a Linux or FreeBSD installation you > can easily mount a FAT-partition read/write on the same machine Yes, Linux do this with FAT but that doesn't hurt me because I couldn't care less than Micro$oft vfat... > if you're interested in security maybe this webpage is interesting to read : > http://www.defcon1.org/html/Security/Secure-Guide/secure-guide.html Thank you Albi ! I've a lot to learn about security. Regards Fabrice.
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