Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:49:15 -0500 From: Michael Beasley <youvegotmoxie@gmail.com> To: "Kevin P. Neal" <kpn@neutralgood.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, djtherenovator@gmail.com Subject: Re: Help with an Urgent Matter Message-ID: <2B25B2C6-9D09-498A-B465-94467C828712@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180712165715.GA63961@neutralgood.org> References: <CAGX9N-MnE625yqJ5pkn23YoD5BGJ7o6BOC2nRWKUuhmmT2nHBA@mail.gmail.com> <20180712012033.638fa1de.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAGX9N-MeJ45MB1qDE581az83ZAdkfONsvTuir9MNW415A5sgwg@mail.gmail.com> <20180712043446.33fa58d1.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180712165715.GA63961@neutralgood.org>
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> On Jul 12, 2018, at 11:57 AM, Kevin P. Neal <kpn@neutralgood.org> = wrote: >=20 > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 04:34:46AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: >> If you're asking for UFS and ZFS support (those are the two >> filesystem types primarily used on FreeBSD), I have no idea >> if they are supported, but I'd assume they are, given that >> both have been supported by older versions of Mac OS X. >=20 > There's no ZFS on macOS today. I don't remember the status of UFS and = can't > check since I'm not at home ATM. That=E2=80=99s not entirely accurate. While there is no 1st party = support for ZFS from Apple there is the OpenZFS on OSX project which = does provide ZFS support for macOS. https://openzfsonosx.org/ <https://openzfsonosx.org/>; >=20 >>> You should know that my request revolves around a criminal case of = Elder >>> Abuse here in Canada >>> and I believe that the criminals involved are using Free BSD to = control and >>> destroy evidence in our computers....... >>=20 >> If that's true (or if it's just a suspicion), you should >> be in contact with the authorities. They have tools to >> forensically analyze a system to see what's going on. >=20 > Seconded, strongly. >=20 > The general rule is that the legal authorities should be the ones to > handle criminal matters. >=20 >> Per default, as far as I know, macOS does not exhibit means >> of remote control. Such a construct would involve a running >> SSH server, a username and password (!) known to the attacker, >> the firewall "properly" configured (to allow SSH connections), >> and the system to be online, of course. >=20 > Some kind of remote desktop could also be a way to do this. >=20 > If remote access is suspected then why is the computer connected to = the > Internet? >=20 >> As you have learned a lot about the relationship between >> FreeBSD and macOS, you should contact a macOS-centric discussion >> forum and maybe the SquirrelMail maintainers. To get this >> right: You assume that the BSD part of macOS is being used >> by a remote attacker to destroy evidence, and you conclude >> that from some SquirrelMail message... ??? >>=20 >> Hmmm... >=20 > Agreed. At the very least there's no evidence of FreeBSD here. Parts > of macOS that came from FreeBSD, sure, but not FreeBSD itself. >=20 > --=20 > Kevin P. Neal = http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/ >=20 > "It sounded pretty good, but it's hard to tell how it will work out > in practice." -- Dennis Ritchie, ~1977, "Summary of a DEC 32-bit = machine" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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