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
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