From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: srfs - a new file system. Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:08:22 +0100 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20031024120822.GR18370@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <1066939945.11997.38.camel@patehci2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Pat LaVarre , bulb@ucw.cz, jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:39659 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262164AbTJXMIX (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:08:23 -0400 To: Nir Tzachar Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:21:38AM +0200, Nir Tzachar wrote: > i think ur right, but even when u do succeed, lets take a more byzantine > approach: what if the time service is down? sabotaged? damaged? maybe it > lies through its teeth(ports) ?? maybe ur vector time is corrupted? maybe > a user deliberately changed his vector time - he will bring havoc upon > ur system . uh, *vector time*, not real time. Think CVS branches. And if your server allows clients to corrupt it, then it's broken. I doubt Coda does that. -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk