Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 12:01:47 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Things to remove from /rescue Message-ID: <20030724190147.GD85582@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20030723035006.GA45410@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20030719171138.GA86442@dragon.nuxi.com> <XFMail.20030721151553.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20030721202314.GC21068@dragon.nuxi.com> <xzpn0f76i69.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20030722151138.GB72888@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030722153056.GM863@starjuice.net> <20030723002531.GA44452@kokeb.ambesa.net> <20030723035006.GA45410@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 08:50:06PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > Don't you need a network connection to use /rescue/rrestore to access > the dump of / on a tape drive in a remote system? rrestore & rcp are clients in this usage -- what is the firewall protecting when using them in single user? > One may want a secure connection to that remote system. IPFW doesnot offer security connections -- that is what SSH does. So I don't see the need of IPFW in this example. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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