Re: [Full-disclosure] Most Linux distributions don't use tmpfs nor encrypt swap by default

2012-04-19 Thread Jon Dowland
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 01:22:30PM +, Mark Krenz wrote: > > Hello. After posting the flaw with libvte's handling of the scrollback > buffer (writing it to disk), there were several people who made the > erroneous claim that most distributions of Linux use tmpfs now and > encrypt swap and that

Re: [Full-disclosure] Most Linux distributions don't use tmpfs nor encrypt swap by default

2012-04-17 Thread Mark Krenz
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 02:57:33PM GMT, Pedro Martelletto [pe...@ambientworks.net] said the following: > > I know OpenBSD has an encrypt swapfs setting on its rc.conf file > > though not activated by default. > > i believe it is activated by default: > > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=853

Re: [Full-disclosure] Most Linux distributions don't use tmpfs nor encrypt swap by default

2012-04-16 Thread Pedro Martelletto
> I know OpenBSD has an encrypt swapfs setting on its rc.conf file > though not activated by default. i believe it is activated by default: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=85331505174 -p. ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://l

Re: [Full-disclosure] Most Linux distributions don't use tmpfs nor encrypt swap by default

2012-04-15 Thread _
Interesting to know how free and net do encrypted swap as well. I know OpenBSD has an encrypt swapfs setting on its rc.conf file though not activated by default. On Apr 13, 2012, at 5:59 AM, Feighen Oosterbroek wrote: > Hi Mark > > I was interested in some of your BSD results. From what I r

Re: [Full-disclosure] Most Linux distributions don't use tmpfs nor encrypt swap by default

2012-04-13 Thread Feighen Oosterbroek
Hi Mark I was interested in some of your BSD results. From what I remember of the freebsd install it left all disk layout issues to the person installing. Admittedly that was a few releases ago (6 branch mainly). Has the install changed that much that it now recommends a disk layout? Thanks and k

Re: [Full-disclosure] Most Linux distributions don't use tmpfs nor encrypt swap by default

2012-04-13 Thread Mark Krenz
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 10:53:47PM GMT, Grandma Eubanks [tborla...@gmail.com] said the following: > Fedora Core 15: > > /dev/mapper/vg_youwish-lv_swap swapswap > defaults0 0 > tmpfs /tmptmpfs defaults0 0 > > Removed other

Re: [Full-disclosure] Most Linux distributions don't use tmpfs nor encrypt swap by default

2012-04-12 Thread Grandma Eubanks
Fedora Core 15: /dev/mapper/vg_youwish-lv_swap swapswap defaults0 0 tmpfs /tmptmpfs defaults0 0 Removed other options it should have, but defaults do not include nosuid,nodev,noexec. On 4/12/12, Mark Krenz wrote: > >

[Full-disclosure] Most Linux distributions don't use tmpfs nor encrypt swap by default

2012-04-12 Thread Mark Krenz
Hello. After posting the flaw with libvte's handling of the scrollback buffer (writing it to disk), there were several people who made the erroneous claim that most distributions of Linux use tmpfs now and encrypt swap and that this shouldn't be an issue. Because these claims attempted to dimin