Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Jul 2000 02:01:45 -0700 (PDT) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: TO HELL WITH IT THEN......(re: disk-destroyer.c) |
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WOOHOO,
SOMEONE HAS SEEN THE LIGHT!!!!
THANK YOU RYAN!!!!!!!!!
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 bodnar42@bodnar42.dhs.org wrote:
> Alright, actually, after having a cup of coffee (most of which ended up > on my keyboard :( ), I fully agree with our poor misunderstood friend > Andre. If something is providing access to something at a protocol level, > it is its job to make sure that the protocol is not violated.... imagine a > TCP/IP stack that let you send invalid packets, that wouldn't go over too > well. > Violations of the ATA specification should be prevented, if not for > protection from users shooting themselves in the foot (I still fail to see > this as a threat, BTW), just out of plain old fashioned correctness. Hell, > I'd be willing to code a patch for it at this point if I knew what the > fsck I was doin'... > > Cheers, > Ryan >
Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy
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