OpenBSD 3.8 - http://www.openbsd.org/38.html - Question

2005-09-10 Thread Sebastian .Rother
Hello everybody, I found an entry on the Website wich confused me: New functionality: . . . wd http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wdsektion=4 disks have the security feature frozen before being attached to prevent malicious users setting a password that would prevent the contents of

Re: OpenBSD 3.8 - http://www.openbsd.org/38.html - Question

2005-09-10 Thread Theo de Raadt
Hello everybody, I found an entry on the Website wich confused me: New functionality: . . . wd http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wdsektion=4 disks have the security feature frozen before being attached to prevent malicious users setting a password that would prevent the

Re: OpenBSD 3.8 - http://www.openbsd.org/38.html - Question

2005-09-10 Thread Sebastian .Rother
Theo de Raadt schrieb: Hello everybody, I found an entry on the Website wich confused me: New functionality: . . . wd http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wdsektion=4 disks have the security feature frozen before being attached to prevent malicious users setting a password that

Re: OpenBSD 3.8 - http://www.openbsd.org/38.html - Question

2005-09-10 Thread Theo de Raadt
Yes you're right Theo but isn't that a Problem an OS shouldn't deal with? Are you even trying to make sense? I mean that is no software related Problem. It's part of the physical security maybe or it's maybe part of your own net of trust. Theere some PRO and CONTRA but it deals mostly

Re: OpenBSD 3.8 - http://www.openbsd.org/38.html - Question

2005-09-10 Thread Nick Holland
Sebastian .Rother wrote: Theo de Raadt schrieb: Hello everybody, I found an entry on the Website wich confused me: New functionality: . . . wd http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wdsektion=4 disks have the security feature frozen before being attached to prevent malicious users