Messages in this thread | | | From | <> | Subject | Re: [patch] My AMD IDE driver, v2.7 | Date | Tue, 12 Mar 2002 01:33:45 +0100 |
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>> Linus, would it be acceptable to you to include an -optional- filter for >> ATA commands? There is definitely a segment of users that would like to >> firewall their devices, and I think (as crazy as it may sound) that >> notion is a valid one. > >If you are *trully paranoid* and want to *fire wall* your device then >the proper way of doing this is to DISABLE those ioctl entierly. >It simple like that. They are not required for regular operation by >concept. Other then this I see no argument here.
Well; I don't agree. Firewall via a loadable module can make sense if the actual module does a kind of "filter all but a specified known set of safe commands" for example, like retreiving SMART infos, or such things.
Ben.
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