On 8/31/06, Alexander Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Andy Hayward wrote:
> On 8/31/06, Joachim Schipper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I don't know what secure mode means, but a ramdisk (mount_mfs(8)) would
>> be difficult to get data from, and pretty quick; an encrypted vnd
>> interface (see vnconfig(8)) would also be pretty secure. Once you turn
>> off the computer, of course...
>
> No an issue, since /tmp is usually cleared on reboot anyway. See
> /etc/rc for details.

Well, then just boot single-user mode and you're toast (unless using one
of the proposed solutions).

No. I meant that losing the data in /tmp after a reboot shouldn't be
considered a problem with this method (using mfs), since you would
normally lose the data in /tmp anyway.

-- ach

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