Re: What is /dev/shm for?

2006-09-17 Thread Warren Wilder
Stef Bon schreef: Carlos Martín wrote: On 15/09/06, John Lockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: However, this does make it extremely good for storing sensitive data before encryption. Not really. tmpfs may be pushed to swap space, where it could be recovered if the attacker has enough interest.

Re: What is /dev/shm for?

2006-09-16 Thread Carlos Martín
On 15/09/06, John Lockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/15/06, Stef Bon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carlos Martín wrote: > > > On 15/09/06, John Lockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> However, this does make it extremely good for storing sensitive data > >> before encryption. > >> > > >

Re: What is /dev/shm for?

2006-09-15 Thread John Lockman
On 9/15/06, Stef Bon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Carlos Martín wrote: > On 15/09/06, John Lockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> However, this does make it extremely good for storing sensitive data >> before encryption. >> > > Not really. tmpfs may be pushed to swap space, where it could be >

Re: What is /dev/shm for?

2006-09-15 Thread Stef Bon
Carlos Martín wrote: > On 15/09/06, John Lockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> However, this does make it extremely good for storing sensitive data >> before encryption. >> > > Not really. tmpfs may be pushed to swap space, where it could be > recovered if the attacker has enough interest. Tr

Re: What is /dev/shm for?

2006-09-14 Thread Carlos Martín
On 15/09/06, John Lockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: However, this does make it extremely good for storing sensitive data before encryption. Not really. tmpfs may be pushed to swap space, where it could be recovered if the attacker has enough interest. Try running gnupg withoug suid root. It

Re: What is /dev/shm for?

2006-09-14 Thread John Lockman
On 9/14/06, Brandon Peirce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Muzhmail wrote: >On Thursday 14 September 2006 19:59, Stef Bon wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to use a temporary filesystem, and I was wondering I could > > use /dev/shm. You could say, hey it's your system, so you can use it, > > but hey, w

Re: What is /dev/shm for?

2006-09-14 Thread Brandon Peirce
Muzhmail wrote: On Thursday 14 September 2006 19:59, Stef Bon wrote: > Hello, > > I want to use a temporary filesystem, and I was wondering I could > use /dev/shm. You could say, hey it's your system, so you can use it, > but hey, what's the purpose of /dev/shm. Why is it there? > > > Thanks in a

Re: What is /dev/shm for?

2006-09-14 Thread Stef Bon
Muzhmail wrote: > On Thursday 14 September 2006 19:59, Stef Bon wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I want to use a temporary filesystem, and I was wondering I could >> use /dev/shm. You could say, hey it's your system, so you can use it, >> but hey, what's the purpose of /dev/shm. Why is it there? >> >> >> Th

Re: What is /dev/shm for?

2006-09-14 Thread Muzhmail
On Thursday 14 September 2006 19:59, Stef Bon wrote: > Hello, > > I want to use a temporary filesystem, and I was wondering I could > use /dev/shm. You could say, hey it's your system, so you can use it, > but hey, what's the purpose of /dev/shm. Why is it there? > > > Thanks in advance, > Stef Bon

What is /dev/shm for?

2006-09-14 Thread Stef Bon
Hello, I want to use a temporary filesystem, and I was wondering I could use /dev/shm. You could say, hey it's your system, so you can use it, but hey, what's the purpose of /dev/shm. Why is it there? Thanks in advance, Stef Bon -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: htt