From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.03 #1) id 12ndJE-0003Sj-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Fri, 05 May 2000 09:18:04 +0100 Received: from gate.mvhi.com ([194.205.184.34] helo=server.axiom.internal ident=mail) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 12ndJC-0003Sd-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Fri, 05 May 2000 09:18:02 +0100 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <200005041741.NAA23266@home.welcomehome.org> References: <200005041741.NAA23266@home.welcomehome.org> To: Paonia Ezrine Cc: mtd@infradead.org Subject: Re: read only Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 09:22:26 +0100 Message-ID: <32036.957514946@devel2.axiom.internal> Sender: owner-mtd@imladris.demon.co.uk List-ID: paonia@home.welcomehome.org said: > I am not sure how I would update the image then. And also garentee > that noone else can. Presumably, when you wanted to update the image, you'd boot a different kernel - one which has full read/write support. You can't _guarantee_ that your attacker won't reboot the system onto the same kernel, but it's certainly far less likely, and far more detectable. -- dwmw2 To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org