From owner-freebsd-security Mon May 25 07:59:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA01094 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 25 May 1998 07:59:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gateman.zeus.leitch.com (gateman.zeus.leitch.com [204.187.61.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA01086 for ; Mon, 25 May 1998 07:59:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from woods@tap.zeus.leitch.com) Received: from zeus.leitch.com (tap.zeus.leitch.com [204.187.61.10]) by gateman.zeus.leitch.com (8.8.5/8.7.3/1.0) with ESMTP id KAA19188 for ; Mon, 25 May 1998 10:59:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from brain.zeus.leitch.com (brain.zeus.leitch.com [204.187.61.32]) by zeus.leitch.com (8.7.5/8.7.3/1.0) with ESMTP id KAA26641 for ; Mon, 25 May 1998 10:59:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from woods@localhost) by brain.zeus.leitch.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA05536; Mon, 25 May 1998 10:59:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from woods@tap.zeus.leitch.com) Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 10:59:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199805251459.KAA05536@brain.zeus.leitch.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: woods@zeus.leitch.com (Greg A. Woods) To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Virus on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Philippe Regnauld's message of "Fri, May 22, 1998 16:06:19 +0200" regarding "Re: Virus on FreeBSD" id <19980522160618.52012@deepo.prosa.dk> References: <01BD8571.D24221F0@PCNTWS1> <19980522160618.52012@deepo.prosa.dk> X-Mailer: VM 6.45 under Emacs 20.2.1 Reply-To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Organization: Planix, Inc.; Toronto, Ontario; Canada Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk [ 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 Planix, Inc. ; Secrets of the Weird To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message