On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 04:08:02PM -0800, Mike Noyes said: > On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 15:47, Simon Blake wrote: > > What I was asking was what real,tangible benefit write protecting the > > boot media gives you, and is that benefit worth anything against the > > extra hassle of having a write protected boot media. > > Simon, > I'm pretty sure you're aware of the FAQ below, but here it is anyway. If > nothing else, it gives you a base to diff for trojans etc.
root@bering:$ diff diff: not found Mmm, I can't imagine a worse platform to try and track a trojan on - slip in a hacked busybox, and you'd be good to go. I guess it does provide a basis for forensics, but OTOH, keeping a copy of your packages on another machine would allow you to do that as well (and we all backup our LEAF machines religiously, don't we :-). So I'm still not convinced that read only boot media adds any meaningful additional security to a LEAF box. Cheers Si > # Why Should I Use It? > http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=1739&group_id=13751 > > -- > Mike Noyes <mhnoyes @ users.sourceforge.net> > http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ > http://leaf-project.org/ http://sitedocs.sf.net/ http://ffl.sf.net/ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > leaf-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
