On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 06:26:01PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
And to reply to myself:
Information Security - As defined by ISO-17799, information security is
characterized as the preservation of:
* Confidentiality - ensuring that information is accessible only to
those
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 04:05:22AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
Mounting stuff read-only also prevents filesystem corruption in case
the system does crash
A quiescent filesystem isn't going to be corrupted in a system crash.
You need to have metadata inconsistencies caused by filesystem
Michael Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 04:05:22AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
Mounting stuff read-only also prevents filesystem corruption in case
the system does crash
A quiescent filesystem isn't going to be corrupted in a system crash.
You need to have
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:36, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
Michael Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A quiescent filesystem isn't going to be corrupted in a system crash.
You need to have metadata inconsistencies caused by filesystem activity
before you can get corruption.
Which you get from
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote:
Anyway perhaps we should get a new mailing list debian-security-de for the
German meaning of security. Then the rest of us can discuss crypto, MAC, and
other things that match the English meaning of the word.
Very funny. Personally I feel you are just
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote:
In the IT field, security refers specifically to unauthorized use, as in
security guard, and security system. It does not, in general, refer to
the more generic definitions of security, as in security blanket,
securities and exchange commission, or job
Hey all,
no jihad please, there are times to couple intruder/vandalism security and
safety, and there are times to look at both concepts as distinct.
To use the distinct definition, safety includes security, as not-secured data
is not safe, and security without safety measures makes no sense.
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 03:44, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote:
Anyway perhaps we should get a new mailing list debian-security-de for
the German meaning of security. Then the rest of us can discuss crypto,
MAC, and other things that match the English meaning of
Matt Zimmerman wrote:
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 06:26:01PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
And to reply to myself:
Information Security - As defined by ISO-17799, information security is
characterized as the preservation of:
* Confidentiality - ensuring that information is
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:08:46PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote:
A read-only /usr is not a security measure.
Depends on your definition og it-security. It reduces downtime, prevents
some admin and software failures and therefore is a security
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 06:26:01PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
And to reply to myself:
Information Security - As defined by ISO-17799, information security is
characterized as the preservation of:
* Confidentiality - ensuring that information is accessible only to
those
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 04:05:22AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
Mounting stuff read-only also prevents filesystem corruption in case
the system does crash
A quiescent filesystem isn't going to be corrupted in a system crash.
You need to have metadata inconsistencies caused by filesystem
Michael Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 04:05:22AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
Mounting stuff read-only also prevents filesystem corruption in case
the system does crash
A quiescent filesystem isn't going to be corrupted in a system crash.
You need to have
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:36, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
Michael Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A quiescent filesystem isn't going to be corrupted in a system crash.
You need to have metadata inconsistencies caused by filesystem activity
before you can get corruption.
Which you get from
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote:
Anyway perhaps we should get a new mailing list debian-security-de for the
German meaning of security. Then the rest of us can discuss crypto, MAC, and
other things that match the English meaning of the word.
Very funny. Personally I feel you are just
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote:
In the IT field, security refers specifically to unauthorized use, as in
security guard, and security system. It does not, in general, refer to
the more generic definitions of security, as in security blanket,
securities and exchange commission, or job
Hey all,
no jihad please, there are times to couple intruder/vandalism security and
safety, and there are times to look at both concepts as distinct.
To use the distinct definition, safety includes security, as not-secured data
is not safe, and security without safety measures makes no sense.
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 03:44, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote:
Anyway perhaps we should get a new mailing list debian-security-de for
the German meaning of security. Then the rest of us can discuss crypto,
MAC, and other things that match the English meaning of
Matt Zimmerman wrote:
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 06:26:01PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
And to reply to myself:
Information Security - As defined by ISO-17799, information security is
characterized as the preservation of:
* Confidentiality - ensuring that information is
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