Re: dangerously dedicated physical disks.

2013-09-23 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 22 Sep 2013 08:25:24 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: It's dangerous because that partitioning format is rare outside of BSD-based systems. Disk utilities may not recognize it, and could damage it. I think this is a good characterization of the term currently used. In historical

What is Negative permissions

2013-09-23 Thread Leslie Jensen
In the daily security run I see the following: Checking setuid files and devices: Checking negative group permissions: 3791965 -rwxr--r-x 1 admin wheel 172 Mar 9 10:59:55 2011 /usr/home/admin/bin/noip_update.sh Is it just a reminder that the group has no x permissions or should I

Re: What is Negative permissions

2013-09-23 Thread Frank Leonhardt
On 23/09/2013 11:54, Leslie Jensen wrote: In the daily security run I see the following: Checking setuid files and devices: Checking negative group permissions: 3791965 -rwxr--r-x 1 admin wheel 172 Mar 9 10:59:55 2011 /usr/home/admin/bin/noip_update.sh Is it just a reminder that the

vBSDcon Registrations Only Open For 30 More Days!

2013-09-23 Thread Miller, Vincent (Rick)
Hi all, There are only 30 more days left to register for Verisign's vBSDcon. Online registrations will become unavailable October 23, 2013. For those planning to attend, we encourage you to register soon at http://www.vbsdcon.com/. You will not want to miss this event. There will

Re: dangerously dedicated physical disks.

2013-09-23 Thread Robert Simmons
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: With GPT, there is no reason to use BSD disklabels at all. And most modern computers do not have any problem booting it. The old MBR approach (as well as dedicated) will probably only be needed in niche applications and

Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] vBSDcon Registrations Only Open For 30 More Days!

2013-09-23 Thread Brett Glass
All: It's good to see corporate support of BSD, but at the same time I have mixed feelings about certain corporations -- Verisign among them -- hosting BSD-related conferences or becoming involved in the development of BSD-based operating systems. Why? Because Verisign, based in Reston,

Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] vBSDcon Registrations Only Open For 30 More Days!

2013-09-23 Thread Michael Powell
Brett Glass wrote: All: It's good to see corporate support of BSD, but at the same time I have mixed feelings about certain corporations -- Verisign among them -- hosting BSD-related conferences or becoming involved in the development of BSD-based operating systems. Why? Because Verisign,

Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] vBSDcon Registrations Only Open For 30 More Days!

2013-09-23 Thread Robert Simmons
Any contribution from a company like Verisign needs to be carefully scrutinized. I also don't think it wise to allow them to take a leadership role of any type. On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: Brett Glass wrote: All: It's good to see corporate

Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] vBSDcon Registrations Only Open For 30 More Days!

2013-09-23 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi, Good points in Brett Michael's posts, but for brevity not copied. Best avoid having code written reviewed just in USA as it would get less trust globaly, NSA is a known alien mega spy, USA even coerces non USA citizens outside USA, eg

Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] vBSDcon Registrations Only Open For 30 More Days!

2013-09-23 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-09-23 at 20:00 -0400, Robert Simmons wrote: Any contribution from a company like Verisign needs to be carefully scrutinized. No it has to be turned down flat. Huge companies from the USA at all events are untrustworthy. The only trustworthy companies are such companies: I have

Re: dangerously dedicated physical disks.

2013-09-23 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 23 Sep 2013, Robert Simmons wrote: On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: With GPT, there is no reason to use BSD disklabels at all. And most modern computers do not have any problem booting it. The old MBR approach (as well as dedicated) will probably