On 19/12/06, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 08:26:52AM +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote:
> on several ocassions I had malware downloaded and executed from /tmp
> (through CMS vulnerability);
>
> there was a suggestion here to mount /tmp as non executable;
>
> - do I need
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 21/12/2006 12:56:42 PM:
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> On Thu, December 21, 2006 11:47 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
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> > Why not make /tmp a tmpfs partition? If your machine has plenty of
> > RAM and swap, it's faster still. And /tmp/* is deleted on each boot
> > so there's no real reason
On Thu, December 21, 2006 11:47 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Why not make /tmp a tmpfs partition? If your machine has plenty of
> RAM and swap, it's faster still. And /tmp/* is deleted on each boot
> so there's no real reason for it to be permanent storage.
I have 2GB, how much would you s
On Thursday 21 December 2006 01:01, Sridhar Dhanapalan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To those options, I would add 'noatime,nodiratime,noexec'. The first two
> give you a tiny bit more speed by not maintaining access times on files
> (probably unnecessary on /tmp)
To clarify, I meant that maintain
Why not make /tmp a tmpfs partition? If your machine has plenty of
RAM and swap, it's faster still. And /tmp/* is deleted on each boot
so there's no real reason for it to be permanent storage.
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Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au
http://www.ertos.nicta.
On Wednesday 20 December 2006 23:59, "Voytek Eymont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, December 20, 2006 11:38 pm, Voytek Eymont wrote:
> > On Wed, December 20, 2006 11:10 pm, Alexander Stanley wrote:
> >> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> >>> On Tuesday 19 December 2006 08:26, "Voytek Eymont" <[EMAIL
On Wed, December 20, 2006 11:38 pm, Voytek Eymont wrote:
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> On Wed, December 20, 2006 11:10 pm, Alexander Stanley wrote:
>> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday 19 December 2006 08:26, "Voytek Eymont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>
>
>>> I've been doing this for a number of years. Generally it i
On Wednesday 20 December 2006 23:38, "Voytek Eymont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, December 20, 2006 11:10 pm, Alexander Stanley wrote:
> > Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> >> On Tuesday 19 December 2006 08:26, "Voytek Eymont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>
> >> I've been doing this for a number of yea
On Wed, December 20, 2006 11:10 pm, Alexander Stanley wrote:
> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
>> On Tuesday 19 December 2006 08:26, "Voytek Eymont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> I've been doing this for a number of years. Generally it is a good
>> idea.
thanks, Sridhar, Alexander
so, do I edit /etc/mtab ?
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Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 December 2006 08:26, "Voytek Eymont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> on several ocassions I had malware downloaded and executed from /tmp
>> (through CMS vulnerability);
>>
>> there was a suggestion here to mount
On Tuesday 19 December 2006 08:26, "Voytek Eymont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on several ocassions I had malware downloaded and executed from /tmp
> (through CMS vulnerability);
>
> there was a suggestion here to mount /tmp as non executable;
>
> - do I need to partition the HD and make a separat
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 08:26:52AM +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote:
> on several ocassions I had malware downloaded and executed from /tmp
> (through CMS vulnerability);
>
> there was a suggestion here to mount /tmp as non executable;
>
> - do I need to partition the HD and make a separate partition f
on several ocassions I had malware downloaded and executed from /tmp
(through CMS vulnerability);
there was a suggestion here to mount /tmp as non executable;
- do I need to partition the HD and make a separate partition for /tmp?
- good/bad/excellent idea ?
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