[email protected] (Alexander Nasonov) writes:
>There is a risk even with hardware devices but it's smaller because less
>software is involved. Dumping to cgd is a quite important usecase and
>perhaps we should make an exception. Would it help to RO protect some
>data structures like private keys?
You would need to protect all data that is required to dump a block,
the keys aren't more important than e.g. the disklabel or the
bus space handle of the disk controller.
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Michael van Elst
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